Folate nutriture alters choline status of women and men fed low choline diets

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 712-717

  Jacob, Robert A ^c   Jenden, Donald J ^a   Allman Farinelli, Margaret A ^c   Swendseid, Marian E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Choline; Folic acid; Humans

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MALE; METHYLATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0033056026     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/129.3.712     Document Type: Article

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