Ethanol Lowers Glutathione in Rat Liver and Brain and Inhibits Methionine Synthase in a Cobalamin-Dependent Manner

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 277-283

  Waly, Mostafa I ^a   Kharbanda, Kusum K ^b   Deth, Richard C ^c  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b VA NEBRASKA WESTERN IOWA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Betaine; Cirrhosis; Methylation; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COBALAMIN DERIVATIVE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONYLCOBALAMIN; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN; MECOBALAMIN; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REACTIVATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; LIVER HOMOGENATE; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 78851470957     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01343.x     Document Type: Article

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