Additional food folate derived exclusively from natural sources improves folate status in young women with the MTHFR 677 CC or TT genotype

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 728-734

  Hung, Jean ^a   Yang, Tai Li ^a   Urrutia, Tania F ^a   Li, Rui ^a   Perry, Cydne A ^a   Hata, Hiroko ^a   Cogger, Edward A ^a   Moriarty, David J ^a   Caudill, Marie A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary folate; Folate; Folate status; Food folate; Homocysteine; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR)

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD INTAKE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CYTIDINE; DIET; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GENOTYPE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; THYMIDINE;

EID: 33750118717     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2005.11.009     Document Type: Article

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