Betaine effects on hepatic methionine metabolism elicited by short-term ethanol feeding

Alcohol

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 483-486

  Barak, Anthony J ^a,b   Beckenhauer, Harriet C ^a   Tuma, Dean J ^a  

^a VA Alcohol Research Center   (United States)

^b VA NEBRASKA WESTERN IOWA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Betaine; Ethanol; Liver; Methionine metabolism; Rats; S Adenosylmethionine

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

ADAPTATION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; LIVER METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 0030248641     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0741-8329(96)00040-7     Document Type: Article

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