Dietary folate from vegetables and citrus fruit decreases plasma homocysteine concentrations in humans in a dietary controlled trial

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1135-1139

  Brouwer, Ingeborg A ^a,b   Van Dusseldorp, Marijke ^a   West, Clive E ^a   Meyboom, Saskia ^a   Thomas, Chris M G ^b   Duran, Marinus ^c   Van Het Hof, Karin H ^d   Eskes, Tom K A B ^b   Hautvast, Joseph G A J ^a   Steegers Theunissen, Régine P M ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Folate; Fruit; Homocysteine; Humans; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CITRUS FRUIT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREGNANCY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VEGETABLE;

CITRUS;

EID: 0033008784     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/129.6.1135     Document Type: Article

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