Oral vitamin B12 supplementation reduces plasma total homocysteine concentration in women in India

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-109

  Yajnik, Chittaranjan S ^a   Lubree, Himangi G ^a   Thuse, Nileema V ^a   Ramdas, Lalita V ^a   Deshpande, Swapna S ^a   Deshpande, Vaishali U ^a   Deshpande, Jyoti A ^a   Uradey, Bhagyashree S ^a   Ganpule, Anjali A ^a   Naik, Sadanand S ^a   Joshi, Niranjan P ^a   Farrant, Hannah ^b   Refsum, Helga ^c,d  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Folate; India; Supplementation; Total homocysteine; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

GIARDIA LAMBLIA VIRUS;

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEGETABLE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEGETABLES; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 33847150173     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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