Increases in blood folate indices are similar in women of childbearing age supplemented with [6S]-5-methyltetrahydrofolate and folic acid

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 132, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 3353-3355

  Venn, Bernard J ^a   Green, Timothy J ^a   Moser, Rudolf ^b   Mckenzie, Joanne E ^a   Murray Skeaff, C ^a   Mann, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Eprova AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Folic acid supplementation; Plasma folate; Red blood cell folate; Women; 6S 5 methyltetrahydrofolate supplementation

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY; STEADY STATE;

EID: 0036847277     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/132.11.3353     Document Type: Article

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