Brain glutathione as a target for aetiological factors in neurolathyrism and konzo

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 662-667

  Nunn, Peter B ^a   Lyddiard, James R A ^b   Christopher Perera, K P W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cystine; Glutathione; Konzo; Methionine; Neurolathyrism

Indexed keywords

2 IMINO 4 THIAZOLIDINE CARBOXYLIC ACID; 3 OXALYLAMINOALANINE; CYANIDE; CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; METHIONINE; THIAZOLIDINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CASSAVA; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; KONZO; LATHYRISM; LATHYRUS; LATHYRUS SATIVUS; LENTIL; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PLANT; PROTEIN CONTENT;

AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; AMINO ACIDS, SULFUR; BRAIN; CYANIDES; CYSTINE; DIET; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; LATHYRISM; LATHYRUS; MANIHOT; METHIONINE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 79551575005     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.08.037     Document Type: Article

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