Deficient synthesis of glutathione underlies oxidative stress in aging and can be corrected by dietary cysteine and glycine supplementation

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 847-853

  Sekhar, Rajagopal V ^a   Patel, Sanjeet G ^a   Guthikonda, Anuradha P ^a   Reid, Marvin ^a   Balasubramanyam, Ashok ^a   Taffet, George E ^a   Jahoor, Farook ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; CYSTEINE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCINE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; ISOPROSTANE DERIVATIVE; ISOTOPE; LIPID PEROXIDE; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CYSTEINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ERYTHROCYTES; F2-ISOPROSTANES; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCINE; HUMANS; ISOTOPES; METABOLIC DISEASES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 80051974890     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.110.003483     Document Type: Article

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