Effects of zinc deficiency and zinc supplementation on homocysteine levels and related enzyme expression in rats

Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 30, Issue , 2015, Pages 77-82

  Jing, Mingyan ^a   Rech, Leslie ^a,b   Wu, Yinghong ^a   Goltz, Douglas ^c   Taylor, Carla G ^a,b   House, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b The Inst of Cardiovascular Sciences   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Betaine homocysteine methyltransferase; Gene expression; Homocysteine; Methionine synthase; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BETAINE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; DRUG ANALYSIS; DRUG TOXICITY; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; MESSENGER RNA; METAL; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; PLANT EXTRACT; ZINC;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BHMT GENE; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOWN REGULATION; EUROPE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HOMOCYSTEINE BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY MASS; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MS GENE; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; THERAPY EFFECT; WEIGHT GAIN; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ANALYSIS; ASIA; CHEMISTRY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EUROPE; METALS; METHODS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TOXICITY;

RATTUS;

EID: 84940163670     PISSN: 0946672X     EISSN: 18783252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2014.10.013     Document Type: Article

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