Urinary, plasma, and erythrocyte carnitine concentrations during transition to a lactoovovegetarian diet with vitamin B-6 depletion and repletion in young adult women

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 221-230

  Chen, Wei ^a   Huang, Yi Chia ^a   Shultz, Terry D ^a   Mitchell, Madeleine E ^a  

^a Department of Food Science ^*

Author keywords

Carnitine; Erythrocyte; Ferritin; Lactoovovegetarian diet; Plasma; Premenopausal women; Pyridoxal; Pyridoxal P; Urine; Vegetarian; Vitamin B 6

Indexed keywords

ACYLCARNITINE; CARNITINE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; URINARY EXCRETION; VEGETARIAN DIET; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

EID: 0031933339     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/67.2.221     Document Type: Article

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