Dietary intake of S-(α-carboxybutyl)-dl-homocysteine induces hyperhomocysteinemia in rats

Nutrition Research

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 492-500

  Strakova, Jana ^a   Williams, Kelly T ^b   Gupta, Sapna ^c   Schalinske, Kevin L ^b   Kruger, Warren D ^c   Rozen, Rima ^d   Jiracek, Jiri ^e   Li, Lucas ^a   Garrow, Timothy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Betaine; BHMT; Homocysteine; Rat; Sulfur amino acids

Indexed keywords

(ALPHA CARBOXYBUTYL) DEXTRO HOMOCYSTEINE; 5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); BETAINE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINE; CHOLINE PHOSPHATE CYTIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; DNA; GLYCINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE MARKER; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; IMMUNODETECTION; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BETAINE; BETAINE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINE; CYSTATHIONINE BETA-SYNTHASE; DIET; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLYCINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LIVER; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 77955962205     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2010.06.017     Document Type: Article

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