THE LIPOTROPIC ACTION OF SOME SULFUR-CONTAINING AMINO ACIDS AND RELATED SUBSTANCES

The Lipotropic Action of Some Sulfur-con- Taining Amino Acids and Related Substances

Antioxidant effects of sulfur-containing amino acids.

Sulfur is an essential element for the entire biological kingdom because of its incorporation into amino acids, proteins and other biomolecules. Sulfur atoms are also important in the iron-containing flavoenzymes. Unlike humans, plants can use inorganic sulfur to synthesize sulfur-containing amino acids. Therefore, plants are an important source of sulfur for humans. Sulfur-containing compounds...

Sulfur Metabolism and Sulfur-Containing Amino Acids: I- Molecular Effectors

The biology of the macro-element sulfur (S) is attracting an ever growing attention concerning cell physiology and human health. Sulfur metabolism works at the interplay between genetics and epigenetic as well as in the maintain of cell redox homeostasis. Indeed, unbalanced levels of S compounds in the body are actually under investigation as vulnerability factors and/or indicators of impaired ...

The Lipotropic Action of Threonine and Related Substances in the R,4t* By

With the discovery of threonine through its essentiality in the growth of the rat, it became possible to raise animals on synthetic diets completely devoid of protein (l-3). However, the metabolic fate of this amino acid is still largely unknown today. Its importance in the growth of microorganisms (4) and in the maintenance of nitrogen equilibrium in older animals (5-7) has been demonstrated. ...

Lipotropic Substances *

Lipotropic action of choline In 1924 Allan, Bowie, Macleod, and Robinson' reported that depancreatized dogs receiving adequate amounts of insulin and maintained on a diet of lean meat, sucrose, and bone ash did not survive for periods of longer than a few months. They also observed that symptoms of failure of liver function due to fat infiltration of the liver found in such animals could be pre...