Formaldehyde generators and capturers as influencing factors of mitotic and apoptotic processes

There is a growing amount of evidence pointing to the fact that several endogenous and exogenous methylated compounds are potential formaldehyde generators in their biological reactions, Ne-methylated lysines, NG-methylated as well as hydroxymethylated arginines, and l’-methyl-ascorbigen have been examined in this respect. The apoptosis-inducing effect of formaldehyde molecules formed from methyl groups was earlier first published by our group.