The Effects of Subchronic Methionine Overload Administered Alone or Simultaneously with L-cysteine or N-acetyl-L-cysteine on Body Weight, Homocysteine Levels and Biochemical Parameters in the Blood of Male Wistar Rats

ABBREVIATIONS

AHDL

- direct high-density cholesterol;

ALB

– albumin;

ALP

- alkaline phosphatase;

ALT

- alanine aminotransferase;

AMY

– amylase;

AST

- aspartate aminotransferase;

bw

– body weight

BUN

- blood urea nitrogen;

Ca

– calcium;

Cl

– chloride;

CHOL

– cholesterol;

CREA

– creatinine;

ECL

-electrochemiluminescence immunoassay system;

GLUC

– glucose;

GGT

- gamma glutamyl transferase;

GSH

– glutathione;

Hcy

– homocysteine;

HHC

– hyperhomocysteinemia;

IBCT

- total iron binding capacity;

K

– potassium;

L-cys

- L-cysteine

LDL

- low-density cholesterol;

MET

- DL-methionine;

NAC

- N-acetyl-L-cysteine;

Na

– sodium;

RCRP

- C-reactive protein;

ROS

– reactive oxygen species;

TBI

- total bilirubin;

TGL

– triglyceride;

tHcy

– total homocysteine;

TP

- total protein;

URCA

- uric acid