Choline and human nutrition

SH Zeisel, JK Blusztajn - Annual review of nutrition, 1994 - annualreviews.org
SH Zeisel, JK Blusztajn
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Choline and Human Nutrition Page 1 Ann", Rev. Nutr. 1994. 14:269-96 Copyright C 1994 by
Annual Reviews Inc. All rights reserved CHOLINE AND HUMAN NUTRITION Steven H. Zeisel
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health and School of Medicine, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7400 Jan. K. Blusztajn Department
of Pathology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118 KEY WORD
S: phosphatidylcholine, li pe, methyl donor, acetylcholine, brain, liver CONTENTS INTROD …
Choline is a dietary component that is crucial for normal function of all cells. We believe that humans require dietary choline in order to sustain normal life. Choline or its metabolites (see Figure 1) are important for the structural
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