How to Use homocysteine in a Sentence

homocysteine

noun
  • Betaine helps lower levels of homocysteine, another amino acid used by your body to make proteins.
    Lindsey Desoto, Health, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Betaine helps lower levels of homocysteine, another amino acid your body uses to make proteins.
    Lindsey Desoto, Health, 18 Dec. 2025
  • These vitamins lower homocysteine, a substance that can harm memory and thinking when levels get too high.
    Brianna Tobritzhofer, Health, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Helps Protect Your Heart and Blood B12 helps break down homocysteine, an amino acid in the blood.
    Jennifer Lefton, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2025
  • This can cause low folate levels or elevated homocysteine levels.
    Jessica Swirble, Verywell Health, 1 July 2026
  • People with higher homocysteine levels also tended to have lower vitamin B12 and folate.
    Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 23 June 2026
  • What the Study Shows Researchers studied 602 healthy adults to determine whether there was a link between blood homocysteine levels and feelings of fatigue.
    Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 23 June 2026
  • Supports Brain Health Having low levels of B12 can increase homocysteine, which can cause nerve cell inflammation and oxidative stress.
    Jillian Kubala, Health, 22 Apr. 2026

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