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Johan B. Ubbink
Researcher at University of Pretoria
Publications - 80
Citations - 3996
Johan B. Ubbink is an academic researcher from University of Pretoria. The author has contributed to research in topics: Homocysteine & Vitamin. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 80 publications receiving 3944 citations.
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Rapid high-performance liquid chromatographic assay for total homocysteine levels in human serum.
TL;DR: The HPLC method is simple, sensitive, reproducible and very suitable for routine determination of serum homocysteine levels in a clinical pathology laboratory.
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Vitamin B-12, vitamin B-6, and folate nutritional status in men with hyperhomocysteinemia
TL;DR: Because hyperhomocysteinemia is implicated as a risk factor for premature occlusive vascular disease, appropriate vitamin therapy may be both efficient and cost-effective to control elevated plasma homocysteine concentrations.
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Vitamin Requirements for the Treatment of Hyperhomocysteinemia in Humans
Johan B. Ubbink,W. J. H. Vermaak,A. van der Merwe,Piet J. Becker,Rhena Delport,Hendrik C. Potgieter +5 more
TL;DR: F folate deficiency may be an important cause of hyperhomocysteinemia in the general population, and a modest vitamin supplement containing folic acid, Vitamin B-12 and vitamin B-6 is effective in reducing elevated plasma homocysteine concentrations.
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The effect of a subnormal vitamin B-6 status on homocysteine metabolism.
Johan B. Ubbink,A. van der Merwe,Rhena Delport,Robert H. Allen,Sally P. Stabler,R Riezler,W. J. H. Vermaak +6 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that a vitamin B-6 deficiency may contribute to impaired transsulfuration and an abnormal methionine load test, which is associated with premature vascular disease.
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Stability of pyridoxal-5-phosphate semicarbazone: applications in plasma vitamin B6 analysis and population surveys of vitamin B6 nutritional status.
TL;DR: A high-performance liquid chromatographic method for plasmaPLP and PL determinations based on precolumn semicarbazone formation and fluorescence detection that is sensitive enough for quantitative plasma PLP determinations even in B6-deficient patients.