Effects of chronic ethanol ingestion and folate deficiency on the activity of 10-formyltetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase in rat liver

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2188-2193

  Min, Hyesun ^a   Im, Eun Sun ^b   Seo, Jung Sook ^b   Ju, Ae Mun ^a   Burri, Betty J ^c  

^a Hannam University   (South Korea)

^b Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

10 formyltetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase; Ethanol; Folate Deficiency; Homocysteine; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOLIC ACID; FORMYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ETHANOL; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HOMOCYSTEINE; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-NH GROUP DONORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VITAMINS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 29944433134     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.alc.0000191756.02856.a8     Document Type: Article

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