Experimental Folate and Vitamin B12 Deficiency Does Not Alter bone quality in rats

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 589-596

  Herrmann, Markus ^a,c   Wildemann, Britt ^a   Wagner, Alexandra ^b   Wolny, Martin ^a   Schorr, Heike ^a   Taban Shomal, Omid ^a   Umanskaya, Natalia ^a   Ross, Steffen ^a   Garcia, Patric ^a   Hüibner, Ulrich ^a   Herrmann, Wolfgang ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c ANZAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone strength; Folate; Homocysteine; Methylation capacity; Osteoporosis; S adenosylhomocysteine; S adenosylmethionine; Vitamin b12

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; OSTEOCALCIN; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; BONE METABOLISM; BONE TISSUE; BONE TURNOVER; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FORCE; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AND BONES; BONE REMODELING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HOMOCYSTEINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 65549126741     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.081211     Document Type: Article

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