Kinetics of homocysteine metabolism after moderate alcohol consumption

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 739-745

  Beulens, Joline W J ^a,b   Sierksma, Aafje ^a   Schaafsma, Gertjan ^a,b   Kok, Frans J ^b   Struys, Eduard A ^c   Jakobs, C ^c   Hendriks, Henk F J ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

B vitamins; Homocysteine; Moderate alcohol consumption; S adenosyl methionine S adenosyl homocysteine ratio

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYSTATHIONINE; CYSTEINE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; PYRIDOXINE; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KINETICS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AMINO ACIDS, SULFUR; BEER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIET; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 18844377826     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000163507.76773.1A     Document Type: Article

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