The addition of cysteine to the total sulphur amino acid requirement as methionine does not increase erythrocytes glutathione synthesis in the parenterally fed human neonate

Pediatric Research

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 320-324

  Courtney Martin, Glenda ^a,c   Moore, Aideen M ^a   Ball, Ronald O ^c,d   Pencharz, Paul B ^a,b,c,d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Departments of Pediatrics   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; METHIONINE; SULFUR AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CYSTEINE; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCINE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KINETICS; MALE; METHIONINE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

EID: 76749170256     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/PDR.0b013e3181ca036f     Document Type: Article

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