Elevated tissue betaine contents in developing rats are due to dietary betaine, not to synthesis

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 138, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1641-1646

  Clow, Kathy A ^a   Treberg, Jason R ^a   Brosnan, Margaret E ^a   Brosnan, John T ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; ENZYME; HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; TISSUE LEVEL;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 51049114262     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/138.9.1641     Document Type: Article

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