Alteration of plasma folates in gestating sows and newborn piglets

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 1 39-1, 1996, Pages

  Natsuhori, Masahiro ^a   Shimoda, Minoru ^a   Kokue, Ei Ichi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

N5 methyltetrahydrofolate; tetrahydrofolate

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; LACTATION; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NURSING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030049453     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.270.1.r99     Document Type: Article

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