Talk:Betaine
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[edit]I removed this chunk because I suspect it refers to trimethylglycine, than betaine in general. I'll come back to it at some later point, but if someone else can verify and fix it first, that will be best. --Rifleman 82 (talk) 04:01, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
==Sources of Betaine==
Betaine can be obtained from the following dietary sources: wheat germ, wheatbran, shrimp and spinach.[1]
In mammals, it is also formed as a product of choline oxidation in the mitochondria through the activities of choline dehydrogenase and betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase.[2]
References
- ^ Zeisel SH, Mar MH, Howe JC, Holden JM (2003). "Concentrations of choline-containing compounds and betaine in common foods". J. Nutr. 133 (5): 1302–7. PMID 12730414.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Chern MK, Pietruszko R (1999). "Evidence for mitochondrial localization of betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase in rat liver: purification, characterization, and comparison with human cytoplasmic E3 isozyme". Biochem. Cell Biol. 77 (3): 179–87. PMID 10505788.