Homocysteine
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Homocysteine.
Homocysteine does not occur in the diet but it is an essential intermediate in normal mammalian metabolism of methionine. Each compound, methionine or homocysteine, is the precursor of the other. Similarly, the synthesis of one is the mechanism for the detoxification of the other. The ubiquitous methionine cycle is the metabolic basis for this relationship. In some tissues the transsulfuration ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Stroke
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0039-2499,1524-4628
DOI: 10.1161/01.str.0000199621.28234.e2