Juan Ballesteros

ORCID: 0009-0007-2941-058X · 1 paper in corpus · active 2023
2023
The Central Role of the Kynurenine Pathway of Tryptophan Metabolism in the Pathophysiology of Frailty, Sarcopenia and Osteoporosis
·doi:10.20944/preprints202305.1990.v1

Tryptophan is an essential nutrient required to produce niacin (vitamin B3), which is needed for energy metabolism and DNA production. Alterations in tryptophan metabolism could have significant effects on aging and musculoskeletal health. …