Comparison of urinary 5-L-oxoproline (L-pyroglutamate) during normal pregnancy in women in England and Jamaica

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 183-196

  Jackson, Alan A ^a   Persaud, Chandarika ^a   Werkmeister, Geoff ^a   McClelland, Irene S M ^a   Badaloo, Asha ^b   Forrester, Terrence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

5 L oxoproline; Amino acids; Glycine; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLYCINE; PYROGLUTAMIC ACID;

ADULT; AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; JAMAICA; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GLYCINE; HUMANS; JAMAICA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PYRROLIDONECARBOXYLIC ACID;

EID: 0030990431     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN19970023     Document Type: Article

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