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Bananas decrease acetaminophen potency in in vitro assays

Edible portions of bananas contain high levels of polyphenol oxidase, which catalyzes reactions in the melanin formation pathway. Tyrosine, a physiological substrate of polyphenol oxidase, has an analogous structure to acetaminophen. We investigated whether banana extract causes structural changes i...

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Autores principales: Uesawa, Yoshihiro, Tsuji, Naotaka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6185840/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30312340
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205612