Betaine lowers elevated S-adenosylhomocysteine levels in hepatocytes from ethanol-fed rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2845-2848

  Barak, Anthony J ^a,b   Beckenhauer, Harriet C ^a   Mailliard, Mark E ^a,b   Kharbanda, Kusum K ^a,b   Tuma, Dean J ^a,b  

^a VA Alcohol Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Betaine; Ethanol; Hepatocytes; Phosphatidylethanolamine methyltransferase; S adenosylhomocysteine

Indexed keywords

ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; ALCOHOL; BETAINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; LIVER CELL; MALE; METABOLITE; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0042920699     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.9.2845     Document Type: Article

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