Effect of fortified spread on homocysteine concentration in apparently healthy volunteers

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 769-778

  van Vliet, T ^a   Jacobs, R G J M ^b   de Deckere, E ^c   van den Berg, H ^a   de Bree, A ^c   van der Put, N M J ^c  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b Spread and Cooking Product Category ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PYRIDOXINE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARALLEL DESIGN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VOLUNTEER; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DOSE RESPONSE; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 6; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 34447103231     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602570     Document Type: Article

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