Studies on the discontinuous N-oxidation of trimethylamine among Jordanian, Ecuadorian and New Guinean populations

Pharmacogenetics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-50

  Mitchell, S C ^a   Zhang, A Q ^a   Barrett, T ^a   Ayesh, R ^a,b   Smith, R L ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIBRA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecuadorian; Jordanian; N oxidation; New Guinean; populations; trimethylamine

Indexed keywords

TRIMETHYLAMINE; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JORDAN; MALE; METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATION; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIET; ECUADOR; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JORDAN; LONDON; MALE; METHYLAMINES; MIDDLE AGED; NEW GUINEA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

JORDANIA;

EID: 0030897424     PISSN: 0960314X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008571-199702000-00006     Document Type: Article

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