Betaine supplementation suppresses plasma homocysteine level elevation induced by folate deficiency in rats

Nutrition Research

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 266-270

  Yagisawa, Masako ^a   Doi, Yuko ^b   Uenohara, Terumi ^b   Toda, Maiko ^b   Shigematsu, Norihiro ^a   Nakata, Rieko ^b  

^a Central Research Development Laboratory Fancl Corporation   (Japan)

^b NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Betaine; Choline; Folate deficiency; Homocysteine; Rats

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; BETAINE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; LIVER ENZYME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; MALE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 33746567383     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2006.05.011     Document Type: Article

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