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SUBMITTER: Wang W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3386615 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20051101 45
At elevated levels, homocysteine (Hcy, 1) is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, Alzheimer's disease, neural tube defects, and osteoporosis. Both 1 and cysteine (Cys, 3) are linked to neurotoxicity. The biochemical mechanisms by which 1 and 3 are involved in disease states are relatively unclear. Herein, we describe simple methods for detecting either Hcy or Cys in the visible spectral region with the highest selectivity reported to date without using biochemical techniques or preparative ...[more]