Conclusion: Taken together, our integrated results revealed that metabolic changes in the peripheral blood were associated with MDD, particularly decreased L-tryptophan and kynurenic acid levels, and alterations in the tryptophan-kynurenine and fatty acid metabolism pathways. Our findings may facilitate biomarker development and the elucidation of the molecular mechanisms that underly MDD.
PubMed 31959849 ↗L-Serine
People mainly take L-Serine for sleep. Based on 5 first-hand reports and 3 meta-analyses & systematic reviews in the medical literature. Ranked #2102 of 3,539 overall.
Of reports that state an outcome, 50% are positive.
What L-Serine does, according to users
Of the people who reported each effect, the share who said it got better.
What the research says
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses from PubMed, with their published conclusions.
3+ meta-analyses or systematic reviews and 10+ randomized controlled trials in humans. The grade measures how much human research exists — read the conclusions below for what it found.
Conclusion: The 'treatable' variants highlighted in this project will be flagged in the treatabolome database to alert clinicians at the time of the diagnosis and enable timely treatment of patients with hereditary peripheral neuropathies.
PubMed 32773395 ↗Conclusion: Stratification by sex suggested that the case-control difference in blood serine levels particularly applies to male subjects. These results provide support for blood serine level aberrations in SCZ patients and warrant further research to disentangle the involvement of serine with SCZ in both sexes.
PubMed 23792047 ↗Dosage people report
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What users say
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“I’ve also tried 10 sessions of TMS at home, magnesium, L theanine, Omega 3, NAC, L Serine, cold showers, vagus nerve stimulators, walks in nature, no caffeine etc and nothing makes a fucking difference!??”
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