The effect of fortified breakfast cereal on plasma homocyst(e)ine concentrations in healthy older men already consuming a folate fortified diet

Nutrition Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 435-449

  Holmes, Tawni ^a   Gates, Gail E ^b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Folate; Homocysteine; Men

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; COPPER; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; IRON; MAGNESIUM; NICOTINIC ACID; PANTOTHENIC ACID 4' PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREAL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLATE INTAKE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAL; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; THEORY; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0037738652     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(02)00547-X     Document Type: Article

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