Influence of oral S-adenosylmethionine on plasma 5- methyltetrahydrofolate, S-Adenosylhomocysteine, homocysteine and methionine in healthy humans

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 282, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 845-850

  Loehrer, Franziska M T ^a   Schwab, Roger ^b   Angst, Christian P ^a   Haefeli, Walter E ^b   Fowler, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; 5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE TOSYLATE SULFATE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

5,10-METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; METHIONINE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); OXIDOREDUCTASES; REFERENCE VALUES; S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; TETRAHYDROFOLATES;

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