Postprandial serum folic acid response to multiple doses of folic acid in fortified bread

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 145-151

  Sweeney, Mary R ^a,b   McPartlin, Joseph ^a   Weir, Donald G ^a   Daly, Leslie ^b   Scott, John M ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Folic acid fortification; Safe upper limit of intake; Synthetic folic acid in serum

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREAD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; BREAD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 32844473443     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20051618     Document Type: Article

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