Homocysteine: A history in progress

Authors
Finkelstein, JD
Citation
Jd. Finkelstein, Homocysteine: A history in progress, NUTR REV, 58(7), 2000, pp. 193-204
Citations number
91
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science/Nutrition","Endocrinology, Nutrition & Metabolism
Journal title
NUTRITION REVIEWS
ISSN journal
00296643 → ACNP
Volume
58
Issue
7
Year of publication
2000
Pages
193 - 204
Database
ISI
SICI code
0029-6643(200007)58:7<193:HAHIP>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
This paper shows that the linkage between basic science and clinical resear ch has characterized the field of sulfur amino acid metabolism since 1810, when Wollaston isolated cystine from a human bladder stone. The nature and consequences of this relationship are discussed.