In vivo kinetics of folate metabolism

Annual Review of Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue , 2002, Pages 199-220

  Gregory III, Jesse F ^a   Quinlivan, Eoin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Homocysteine; Isotope; Modeling; One carbon

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

CARBON METABOLISM; ENTEROHEPATIC CIRCULATION; FOLATE METABOLISM; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; KINETICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; REVIEW; TURNOVER TIME; VITAMIN INTAKE;

FOLIC ACID; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS;

EID: 0036399750     PISSN: 01999885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.nutr.22.120701.083554     Document Type: Review

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