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Product Name: Methylation Blood Test by Vitamin Diagnostics

Description: Methalation Panel by Vitamin Diagnostics provides important information on methylation fuction. Methylation is dependent on key nutrients and is involved with neurotransmitter production, cell membrane fluidity, reduces inflammation, and is key to detoxification. This test determines levels of Glutathione, oxidized Glutathione, Adenosine, Folic Acid Panel, SAM/SAH. Requires a blood draw not included in the price. Doctors order provided, you receive a copy of the results.

Price: Quantity: $350.00 Glutathione-This is a measurement of the concentration of the reduced (active) form of glutathione (abbreviated GSH) in the blood plasma. Oxidized Glutathione This is a measurement of the concentration of the oxidized form of glutathione (abbreviated GSSG) in the blood plasma. Adenosine-the main energy storage and transfer molecule in the cell. Adenosine is a product of the reaction that converts SAH to homocysteine. Folic Acid Panel-This is a measure of the concentration of 5-methyl tetrahydrofolate in the blood plasma. It is normally the most abundant form of folate in the blood plasma. It is the form that serves as a reactant for the enzyme methionine synthase, and is thus the most important form for the methylation cycle. SAM/SAH  S-adenosylmethionine is the main supplier of methyl groups in the body, and hundreds of biochemical reactions depend on it for their methyl groups. A low value for SAM represents low methylation capacity, and it usually results from a partial block at the enzyme methionine synthase.  S-adenosylhomocysteine -SAH is the product of reactions in which SAM donates methyl groups to other molecules. Ratio of SAM to SAH: A ratio less than about 4.5 also represents low methylation capacity. Both the concentration of SAM and the ratio of concentrations of SAM to SAH are important in determining the methylation capacity.