Advancing age and other factors influencing the balance between amino acid requirements and toxicity

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 134, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Fukagawa, Naomi K ^a   Galbraith, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cysteine; Glutathione; Methionine; Methyl groups; Sulfur amino acids

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYSTEINE; GENOMIC DNA; GLUTATHIONE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; METHYL GROUP; SULFUR AMINO ACID;

AGED; AGING; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL MODEL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA METHYLATION; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; RAT; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2642544983     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/134.6.1569s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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