Folic acid supplementation of pregnant mice suppresses heat- induced neural tube defects in the offspring

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 129, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2070-2073

  Shin, Jae Ho ^a,b   Shiota, Kohei ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Korea Food and Drug Administration   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Hyperthermia; Mice; Myo inositol; Neural tube defects; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; INOSITOL;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPERTHERMIA; MOUSE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032730217     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/129.11.2070     Document Type: Article

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