Dimethylglycine supplementation does not affect plasma homocysteine concentrations in pre-dialysis chronic renal failure patients

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Dimethylglycine supplementation does not affect plasma homocysteine concentrations in pre-dialysis chronic renal failure patients

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University of Otago

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Otago University Research Archive

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To determine whether daily dimethylglycine supplementation affects plasma homocysteine concentrations. A randomized, blinded, crossover design was used. Seven pre-dialysis chronic renal failure patients consumed 400 mg of dimethylglycine or placebo daily for 28 days. Fasting blood samples and 12-h urine samples were collected at baseline and at the end of each treatment period for analysis. No significant differences were observed in plasma homocysteine ( P = 0.624), glycine betaine ( P = 0.4...

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Article

Date created

2004-11-01

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Slow, Sandy / McGregor, David O. / Lever, Michael / Lee, Martin B. / George, Peter M. / Chambers, Stephen T.

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/34783

Related subjects

Betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase / Chronic renal failure / Dimethylglycine / Glycine betaine / Homocysteine

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