...Satish C. Kalhan; John Edmison; Susan Marczewski; Srinivasan Dasarathy; Lourdes L. Gruca; Carole Bennett; Clarita Duenas; Rocio Lopez Hepatic metabolism of methionine is the source of cysteine, the precursor of glutathione, the major intracellular antioxidant in the body. Methionine also...

.... Correspondence : Professor Alan A. Jackson (e-mail [email protected] ). 21 3 2002 1 8 2002 21 9 2002 The Biochemical Society and the Medical Research Society © 2002 2002 alanine amino acid fetus glycine growth hypertension metabolic programming methionine pregnancy protein...

... an inflammatory challenge by intraperitoneal injection of tumour necrosis factor-α or endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide). 3. Diets containing 200 g of casein and 8 g of l-cysteine/kg (normal-protein diet), or 80 g of casein and 8 g of l-cysteine, or isonitrogenous amounts of l-methionine or l-alanine (low-protein...

... in the treatment of certain diseases involving this organ. 2. It remains unclear whether the reported success of this treatment results from the use of betaine to methylate homocysteine and produce methionine in situ in neural tissue, or whether the effect is secondary to these same reductions happening in other...

...Henk J. Blom; Godfried H. J. Boers; Jacintha P. A. M. van den Elzen; William A. Gahl; Albert Tangerman 1. This study was designed to investigate the transamination pathway of methionine in humans. 2. Evidence is provided that methanethiol and its metabolites are formed via transamination...