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Possible Interaction: Quinine and Tryptophan

supplement:

Quinine

supplement:

Tryptophan

Research Papers that Mention the Interaction

During quinine treatment, plasma tryptophan was significantly lower (and quinine significantly higher) in patients experiencing adverse drug reactions.
OBJECTIVES Recent work with the yeast model revealed that the antiprotozoal drug quinine competes with tryptophan for uptake via a common transport protein, causing cellular tryptophan starvation.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy  •  2012  |  View Paper