Folate bioavailability

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 529-536

  McNulty, Helene ^a   Pentieva, Kristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Folate bioavailability methodology; Folate requirements; Folic acid; Food folate

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; PTEROPTIN; VITAMIN;

BIOAVAILABILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONJUGATION; COOKING; DATA ANALYSIS; DECONJUGATION; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD STANDARD AGENCY; GOVERNMENT; METHODOLOGY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PROTEIN STABILITY; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN INTAKE;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; FOLIC ACID; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 17144364825     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PNS2004383     Document Type: Conference Paper

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