Changes in dietary zinc and copper affect zinc-status indicators of postmenopausal women, notably, extracellular superoxide dismutase and amyloid precursor proteins

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 781-788

  Davis, Cindy D ^a,b   Milne, David B ^a   Nielsen, Forrest H ^a  

^a GRAND FORKS HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b University Station   (United States)

Author keywords

5' nucleotidase activity; Amyloid precursor protein; Copper; Extracellular superoxide dismutase activity; Postmenopausal women; Zinc

Indexed keywords

5' NUCLEOTIDASE; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; COPPER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THYROXINE; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; DIET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 0033998205     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/71.3.781     Document Type: Article

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