Niacin (nicotinic acid) in non-physiological doses causes hyperhomocysteineaemia in Sprague-Dawley rats

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 115-119

  Basu, Tapan K ^a   Makhani, Neelam ^a   Sedgwick, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

B vitamins; Cysteine; Homocysteine; Methionine; Niacin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CYANOCOBALAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; NICOTINIC ACID; PYRIDONE DERIVATIVE; PYRIDOXINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EXCRETION; FOOD INTAKE; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RAT; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LIVER; MALE; METHIONINE; NIACIN; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 6; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036264950     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN2001486     Document Type: Article

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