Feeding dried purple laver (nori) to vitamin B12-deficient rats significantly improves vitamin B12 status

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 699-703

  Takenaka, Shigeo ^a,b   Sugiyama, Sumi ^a   Ebara, Shuhei ^b   Miyamoto, Emi ^c   Abe, Katsuo ^c   Tamura, Yoshiyuki ^a   Watanabe, Fumio ^c   Tsuyama, Shingo ^b   Nakano, Yoshihisa ^b  

^a Hagoromo Gakuen Junior College   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c KOCHI WOMEN S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatic vitamin B12 content; Purple laver; Urinary methylmalonate excretion; Vitamin B12 deficiency

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN DERIVATIVE; COBAMAMIDE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN; INTRINSIC FACTOR; MECOBALAMIN; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACIDURIA; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PURPLE LAVER; RAT; SEAWEED;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; LACTOBACILLUS; PORPHYRA UMBILICALIS; PORPHYRA YEZOENSIS;

EID: 0034955613     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/bjn2001352     Document Type: Article

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