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. 2011 Mar 23;141(5):835–842. doi: 10.3945/jn.110.134197

TABLE 3.

Rates of TS, QC, QM, RM, methionine synthesis (S), and transmethylation (TM) before and after dietary vitamin B-6 restriction in 9 healthy young men and women1

Baseline
Restricted
n Gender TS QC QM RM S TM RM/TS TS QC QM RM S TM RM/TS
μmol⋅kg−1⋅h−1
4 Male 5.1 ± 0.3 26.4 ± 1.2 37.7 ± 3.6 11.4 ± 2.7 21.3 ± 1.1 16.4 ± 2.7 2.3 ± 0.5 4.9 ± 0.6 26.6 ± 2.7 41.2 ± 3.8 14.6 ± 1.6 21.7 ± 2.1 19.5 ± 1.9 3.1 ± 0.4
5 Female 5.3 ± 0.5 23.1 ± 1.8 34.3 ± 2.6 11.2 ± 1.1 17.8 ± 1.4 16.5 ± 1.5 2.1 ± 0.1 5.0 ± 0.2 24.6 ± 0.8 36.8 ± 2.0 12.2 ± 1.5 19.6 ± 0.7 17.2 ± 1.5 2.4 ± 0.3
9 All 5.2 ± 0.3 24.5 ± 1.2 35.8 ± 2.1 11.3 ± 1.2 19.4 ± 1.1 16.5 ± 1.3 2.2 ± 0.2 5.0 ± 0.3 25.5 ± 1.2 38.7 ± 2.0 13.3 ± 1.1 20.5 ± 1.0 18.2 ± 1.2 2.7 ± 0.3
1

Values are means ± SEM.