1977 年 52 巻 7 号 p. 327-329
It was shown by Abdel Kader and Zaki that histidine (in vitro), tryptophan and some of its meta bolites (both in vitro and in vivo) possessed bacteriostatic effect on mycobacterium tuberculosis. Histidine is now gaining a site in researches done on human tuberculosis. Kulyabko found increased histamine level in blood in acute primary tuberculosis in young children. This investigation was, therefore, conducted to study the effect of histidine on tuberculosis in guinea pigs.