Effect of dietary supplementation with folate on choline deficiency-induced hyperhomocysteinemia in rats

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-28

  Liu, Ying ^a   Liu, Yi Qun ^a   Morita, Tatsuya ^b   Mori, Makoto ^b   Sugiyama, Kimio ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 methyltetrahydrofolate; Choline deficiency; Folate; Plasma homocysteine; Serine

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; BETAINE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; CASEIN; CHOLINE; CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; SERINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD INTAKE; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOYBEAN; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; WEIGHT GAIN;

5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ANIMALS; BETAINE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINE DEFICIENCY; CYSTATHIONINE BETA-SYNTHASE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOLIC ACID; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LIVER; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SERINE; TETRAHYDROFOLATES;

EID: 84862122819     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.58.20     Document Type: Article

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