TMAO: A small molecule of great expectations

Nutrition

Volumn 31, Issue 11-12, 2015, Pages 1317-1323

  Ufnal, Marcin ^a   Zadlo, Anna ^b   Ostaszewski, Ryszard ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cancer; Circulatory system; Diabetes; Diet; Osmolyte; Oxidative stress; TMA; Trimethylamine N oxide

Indexed keywords

TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE; CARNITINE; CHOLINE; METHYLAMINE; TRIMETHYLOXAMINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BLOOD LEVEL; CARCINOGENESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATARACT; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETOGENESIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MECHANISM; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; FISH ODOR SYNDROME; FOOD COMPOSITION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; SYNDROME; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE BLOOD LEVEL; ADAPTATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET; NEOPLASMS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARNITINE; CHOLINE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; HUMANS; METHYLAMINES; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84942364182     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: 18731244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2015.05.006     Document Type: Review

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