Methionine

Introduction: Methionine

Description of Methionine

Methionine: One of nine essential amino acids in humans (provided by food), Methionine is required for growth and tissue repair. A sulphur-containing amino acid, methionine improves the tone and pliability of skin, hair, and strengthens nails. Involved in many detoxifying processes, sulphur provided by methionine protects cells from pollutants, slows cell aging, and is essential for absorption and bio-availability of selenium and zinc. Methionine chelates heavy metals, such as lead and mercury, aiding their excretion. It also acts as a lipotropic agent and prevents excess fat buildup in the liver. (NCI04)
Source: Diseases Database

Methionine: primary aminoacid with the side chain -CH2CH2SCH3, which, in the form of its S-adenosyl derivative (SAM), also serves as the principle methyl group donor of biosynthetic pathways.
Source: CRISP

Methionine: A sulfur containing essential amino acid that is important in many body functions. It is a chelating agent for heavy metals.
Source: MeSH 2007

Methionine: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Methionine:

• Essential
• Food
• Food symptoms (1907 causes)
• Growth
• Growth symptoms (2485 causes)
• Growth disease
• Growth disorder
• Growth problem (2485 causes)
• Tissue
• Repair

Terms associated with Methionine:

More specific terms for Methionine:

• Methionine Sulfoximine
• N-Formylmethionine
• S-Adenosylmethionine
• Selenomethionine
• Vitamin U

Source - MeSH 2007

• S adenosylmethionine

Source - CRISP

Broader terms for Methionine

• Amino Acids, Sulfur
• Amino Acids, Essential
• Amino Acids, Neutral

Source - MeSH 2007

• primary aminoacid
• sulfur aminoacid

Source - CRISP

The term Methionine can be used for:

• methionine S methyltransferase
• methionine synthase

Source: CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Methionine:

• essential aminoacid

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Methionine

The following list attempts to classify Methionine into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Organic Chemicals
  • Sulfur Compounds
    • Amino Acids, Sulfur
      • Methionine

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
  • Amino Acids
    • Amino Acids, Essential
      • Methionine

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
  • Amino Acids
    • Amino Acids, Neutral
      • Methionine

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
  • Amino Acids
    • Amino Acids, Sulfur
      • Methionine

External links related to: Methionine

• Methionine Tablets 250mg , SPC from the eMC
• Amino acid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• MedDet

Source: Diseases Database

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