Male rats fed methyl- and folate-deficient diets with or without niacin develop hepatic carcinomas associated with decreased tissue NAD concentrations and altered poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase activity

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 30-36

  Henning, Susanne M ^a   Swendseid, Marian E ^a   Coulson, Walter F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

hepatocarcinogenesis; methyl folate deficiency; NAD; poly(ADP ribose)polymerase; rats

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; CHOLINE; FOLIC ACID; GELATIN; METHIONINE; METHYL GROUP; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; NICOTINIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; LIVER CARCINOMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; RAT; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031013698     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/127.1.30     Document Type: Article

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