We found that homocysteine-lowering therapies had no benefits for heart health in people with advanced kidney disease who were on dialysis. These therapies did not achieve any reduction in rates of ...

Homocysteine is an amino acid that contains a sulfur radical and is an intermediate product of the metabolism of cysteine from methionine (an essential amino acid found in the dietary proteins).

Reducing our intake of a single amino acid called methionine, which we get from the food we eat, could help protect against disease and promote healthy aging. Now, scientists have developed a ...

There are two pathways of homocysteine metabolism (7). First, homocysteine can be recycled and remethylated back to methionine, and this path needs the presence of folate and vitamin B12 (8). Second, ...

Homocysteine is also linked to certain pregnancy complications 10. Homocysteine is metabolized to cysteine via transsulfuration by the enzymes cystathionine beta-synthase and cystathionase, or via ...