Bioavailability of folic acid from fortified pasteurised and UHT-treated milk in humans

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 906-913

  de Jong, R J ^a,b   Verwei, M ^a,b   West, C E ^a,b,c   van Vliet, T ^a   Siebelink, E ^b   van den Berg, H ^a   Castenmiller, J J M ^a,b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Folate binding proteins; Folic acid; Fortified milk; Homocysteine; Humans

Indexed keywords

FOLATE BINDING PROTEIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MILK; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CARRIER PROTEINS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

EID: 23944450612     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602159     Document Type: Article

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