Glycine betaine and glycine betaine analogues in common foods

Food Chemistry

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 197-204

  De Zwart, F J ^a,b   Slow, S ^a   Payne, R J ^a   Lever, M ^a   George, P M ^a   Gerrard, J A ^b   Chambers, S T ^c  

^a CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

BHMT; Dietary intake; Dimethylsulfoniopropionate; DMSP; Glycine betaine; Homocysteine; Proline betaine; Stachydrine; Trigonelline

Indexed keywords

BETAINE DERIVATIVE; DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE; PROLINE BETAINE; TRIGONELLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BEETROOT; CITRUS FRUIT; COFFEE; DIETARY INTAKE; FLOUR; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; LENTIL; NONHUMAN; OAT; SEA FOOD; SPINACH; VEGETABLE;

AVENA; CICER ARIETINUM; CITRUS; LENS CULINARIS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PISUM SATIVUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 0042622263     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-8146(03)00063-3     Document Type: Article

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