Influence of folic acid-fortified foods on folate status in a folate depletion-repletion rat model

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 441-446

  O'Leary, K ^a   Sheehy, P J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Fortified foods; Rat folate status

Indexed keywords

COLA COA; COMPLAN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; OPTI FUEL2; SLIM FAST; SUCCINYLSULFATHIAZOLE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG LABELING; EXTRACTION; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; POLICY; POPULATION; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; COLA;

EID: 0035025653     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/bjn2000288     Document Type: Article

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