Details of saliva collection are described in our paper ( 2.4 Markers of the kynurenine and serotonin pathways, neopterin, biopterin, and creatinine in urine From an ethical standpoint, we opted for non-invasively collected urine (in contrast to invasive blood collection) to determine TRP degradation metabolites, considering the observed concordance between peripheral levels and levels in the central nervous system ( Levels of urine metabolites (creatinine, TRP, KYN, 5-HTP, SER, 5-HIAA, NEO, BIO) were determined using reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC system, Prominence 20A, Shimadzu Corporation, Japan) equipped with UV-VIS absorption (module SPD-20A) and fluorescence (module RF-10AXL) detectors
Biliverdin is a pigment that scavenges radicals and also blunts the effect of NOX [97]
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Samples were freeze-dried with a SpeedVac (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Wilmington, NC, USA) and kept at -80 C