Simple Summary A large number of studies report that medicinal herbs and many food
ingredients protect against the development of liver disease because they possess …

Betaine is a kind of water-soluble quaternary amine-type alkaloid widely existing in food,
such as wheat germ, beet, spinach, shrimp and wolfberry. As an important methyl donor and …

Background Betaine is the trimethyl derivative of glycine and is normally present in human
plasma due to dietary intake and endogenous synthesis in liver and kidney. Betaine is …

The liver plays a critical role in lipid metabolism. Hepatic dysfunction is not only the direct
cause of fatty liver disease, but the main risk factor for obesity, diabetes, and other metabolic …

Adipose tissue dysfunction, featured by insulin resistance and/or dysregulated adipokine
production, plays a central role not only in disease initiation but also in the progression to …

Betaine is known as trimethylglycine and is widely distributed in animals, plants, and
microorganisms. Betaine is known to function physiologically as an important …

Obesity is a major driver of metabolic diseases such as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease,
certain cancers, and insulin resistance. However, there are no effective drugs to treat …

Betaine is a non-essential amino acid with proven functional properties and underutilized
potential. The most common dietary sources of betaine are beets, spinach, and whole …

Betaine, also known as trimethylglycine, is an important human nutrient obtained from a
variety of foods and also can be synthesized from choline. Betaine is much more abundant …

Introduction. Mitochondrial damage and disruption in oxidative phosphorylation contributes
to the pathogenesis of alcoholic liver injury. Herein, we tested the hypothesis that the …