ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal
  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 4

Homocysteine: Effect on biochemical processes in the human body

*Senior Lecturer, Department of Organic and Biological Chemistry, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Tashkent Pharmaceutical Institute, Uzbekistan

**2nd year student of the Faculty of Industrial Pharmacy, Tashkent Pharmaceutical Institute, Uzbekistan

Online published on 1 June, 2021.

Abstract

The article presents a review of the literature on the metabolism of the amino acid homocysteine, the emergence of risks for the development of a number of diseases due to excessive accumulation of homocysteine in the human body, and possible ways of correcting hyperhomocysteinemia.

Keywords

Homocysteine, Homocysteine Metabolism, Hyperhomocysteinemia, Hemocoagulation, DNA Dimethylization, Oxidative Stress, Vitamins Of Group B