Effects of methyl-deficient diets on methionine and homocysteine metabolism in the pregnant rat

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 302, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Wilson, Fiona A ^a   Holtrop, Grietje ^b   Graham Calder, A ^a   Anderson, Susan E ^a   Lobley, Gerald E ^a   Rees, William D ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choline; Fetal development; Folate; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CHOLINE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; METHYL GROUP; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FETUS LIVER; GESTATIONAL AGE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; CHOLINE; CYSTEINE; DIET; FEMALE; FETUS; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; KINETICS; LITTER SIZE; LIVER; METHIONINE; METHYLATION; PANCREAS; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RATS; TRIGLYCERIDES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84862513795     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00668.2011     Document Type: Article

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