Supplementation with fruit and vegetable concentrate decreases plasma homocysteine levels in a dietary controlled trial

Nutrition Research

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1221-1228

  Panunzio, Michele F ^a   Pisano, Alessandra ^a   Antoniciello, Antonietta ^a   Di Martino, Vincenzo ^a   Frisoli, Lucia ^a   Cipriani, Vincenzo ^a   Mongelli, Maria A ^b   Bronzetti, Giorgio ^c  

^a Section of Human Nutrition   (Italy)

^b Aesculapius Laboratory   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Folate; Fruit; Homocysteine; Italy; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CITRUS FRUIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FRUIT; FRUIT JUICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; POWDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VEGETABLE;

CITRUS;

EID: 0042236915     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(03)00133-7     Document Type: Article

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