Choline Metabolism: Meaning and Significance
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Choline is an essential nutrient Choline (Cho), a quaternary amine, is an essential nutrient supplied by the diet (1, 2). Choline uptake and intracellular metabolism during the prenatal period were shown to have a critical role in brain development and cognitive processes (3, 4). Choline is a precursor in several key biochemical pathways as demonstrated below in scheme 1. Scheme 1: Metabolic Fate of Choline
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