Effect of ascorbic acid dose taken with a meal on nitrosoproline excretion in subjects ingesting nitrate and proline

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 106-110

  Mirvish, Sidney S ^a   Grandjean, Ann C ^b   Reimers, Kristen J ^b   Connelly, Barbara J ^b   Chen, Sheng C ^a   Morris, Chantey R ^a   Wang, Xiajie ^a   Haorah, James ^a   Lyden, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Center for Human Nutrition   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; N NITROSOPROLINE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROLINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEAL; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0031721980     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01635589809514688     Document Type: Article

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