α-Lipoic acid induces elevated S-adenosylhomocysteine and depletes S-adenosylmethionine

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1147-1153

  Stabler, Sally P ^a   Sekhar, Jeevan ^a   Allen, Robert H ^a   O'Neill, Heidi C ^b   White, Carl W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cysteine; Free radicals; Homocysteine; Methionine; Transmethylation; Transsulfuration

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 2 MERCAPTOETHANE SULFONIC ACID; CYSTATHIONINE; CYSTEINE; DIMETHYLGLYCINE; GLUTATHIONE; HOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THIOCTIC ACID; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BINDING SITE; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; LIVER; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CYSTEINE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIVER; MALE; METHYLATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; THIOCTIC ACID;

RATTUS;

EID: 70249137923     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2009.07.019     Document Type: Article

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