Kinetic model of folate metabolism in nonpregnant women consuming [2H2]folic acid: Isotopic labeling of urinary folate and the catabolite para-acetamidobenzoylglutamate indicates slow, intake-dependent, turnover of folate pools

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1896-1906

  Gregory III, Jesse F ^a   Williamson, Jerry ^a   Liao, Jo Fu ^a   Bailey, Lynn B ^a   Toth, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Folate; Kinetics; Modeling; Requirements stable isotopes humans

Indexed keywords

4 ACETAMIDOBENZOYLGLUTAMIC ACID; DEUTERIUM; FOLIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROHEPATIC CIRCULATION; FECES; FEMALE; FOLATE METABOLISM; FRUIT JUICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOTOPE LABELING; KINETICS; NORMAL HUMAN; URINARY EXCRETION; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0031794154     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.11.1896     Document Type: Article

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