Study of wheat breakfast rolls fortified with folic acid: The effect on folate status in women during a 3-month intervention

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 279-286

  Johansson, Madelene ^a   Witthöft, Cornelia M ^a   Bruce, Åke ^b   Jägerstad, Margaretha ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breakfast rolls; Folate stability; Folate status; Folic acid; Fortification; Sweden

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD STORAGE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOASSAY; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; SWEDEN; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WHEAT;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BREAD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; TRITICUM;

SECALE CEREALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0036942017     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-002-0388-9     Document Type: Article

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