The administration of a multivitamin/mineral fortified dairy product improves folate status and reduces plasma homocysteine concentration in women of reproductive age

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 234-240

  Baró, Luis ^a   Martínez Férez, Antonio ^a,b   Rodríguez, Carlos ^a   Valero, Antonio ^a   Fonollá, Juristo ^a   Lucena, Antonio ^c   Jiménez, Jesús ^a   Boza, Julio José ^a   López Huertas, Eduardo ^a  

^a Puleva Biotech SA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Folate status; Folic acid; Fortified milk; Homocysteine; Neural tube defects; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; LIPID; MINERAL; MULTIVITAMIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIETARY INTAKE; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FORTIFIED DAIRY PRODUCT; FORTIFIED MILK; HOMOCYSTEINE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MILK; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 3142774820     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0300-9831.74.3.234     Document Type: Article

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