Is NAD+ The Secret To Longevity? What Are Sirtuins?
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How to Get Nad Plus From Enidy Plus
Opan can also be used for seritonan synthesis, but in this case we are looking at triptophan being one of the starting materials for nad plus synthesis. Opan is a pretty roundabout pathway that's brought with drawbacks. Some of the compounds that get formed, like cnerine, and some of these, i think er quinalinic acid is maybe also slightly neurotoxic. So we don't want to rely probably all to heavily on this canerine or denovo pathway as it is a little bit tricky getting everything right.
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