Impaired sulfur-amino acid metabolism and oxidative stress in nonalcoholic fatty liver are alleviated by betaine supplementation in rats1,2

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-68

  Kwon, Do Y ^a   Jung, Young S ^a   Kim, Sun J ^a   Park, Hee K ^a   Park, Jae H ^b   Kim, Young C ^a,c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; CYSTEINE DIOXYGENASE; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; HYPOTAURINE; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; PEROXY RADICAL; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SULFUR AMINO ACID; TAURINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER CYTOSOL; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AMINO ACIDS, SULFUR; ANIMALS; BETAINE; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY LIVER; LIVER; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS;

RATTUS;

EID: 58649089148     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.108.094771     Document Type: Article

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