Testicular injury to rats fed on soybean protein-based vitamin B 12-deficient diet can be reduced by methionine supplementation

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 95-101

  Yamada, Kazuhiro ^a,e   Kawata, Tetsunori ^a   Wada, Masahiro ^b   Mori, Kazumi ^a   Tamai, Hiroko ^a   Tanaka, Nobuo ^c   Tadokoro, Tadahiro ^d   Tobimatsu, Takamasa ^a   Toraya, Tetsuo ^a   Maekawa, Akio ^d  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JOSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Jojinkai Hospitals and Welfare Institutes   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^e TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Methionine synthase; Rat; Testis; Vitamin B12 deficiency

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; METHIONINE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; SOYBEAN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS INJURY;

5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; METHIONINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOYBEAN PROTEINS; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTIS; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

GLYCINE MAX; RATTUS;

EID: 34250665490     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.53.95     Document Type: Article

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