Method for detecting blood homocysteine and kit
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- INST OF BASIC MEDICAL SCI ACAD OF MILITARY MEDICAL SCI OF PLA
- Publication Date
- 2013-01-30
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
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technical field
[0001] The invention belongs to the technical field of biological detection, and in particular relates to a blood homocysteine detection method and a kit. Background technique
[0002] Studies in the past ten years have confirmed that a high concentration of homocysteine (Homocysteine, HCY) in the blood is an independent risk factor for coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular and peripheral vascular diseases. HCY is a sulfur-containing amino acid produced by demethylation of methionine. It is metabolized in the body through two pathways: remethylation and transsulfurization: first, under the catalysis of methionine synthase, vitamin B12 is used as the The coenzyme uses N5-methyltetrahydrofolate as the methyl donor, and HCY is methylated to generate methionine. The key enzyme in this process is methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) with vitamin B2 as a coenzyme. This enzyme reduces N5, N10-methylenetetrahydrofolate to N5-methyltetrahydrofolate, whi...