NovaSil clay does not affect the concentrations of vitamins A and E and nutrient minerals in serum samples from Ghanaians at high risk for aflatoxicosis

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure and Risk Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 872-884

  Afriyie Gyawu, E ^a   Wang, Z ^b   Ankrah, N A ^c   Xu, L ^b   Johnson, N M ^a   Tang, L ^b   Guan, H ^b   Huebner, H J ^a   Jolly, P E ^d   Ellis, W O ^e   Taylor, R ^a   Brattin, B ^a   Ofori Adjei, D ^c   Williams, J H ^f   Wang, J S ^b   Phillips, T D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Enterosorbent; Heavy metals; Micronutrients; Minerals; NovaSil clay; Vitamin A; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIDOTE; NOVASIL; PLACEBO; RETINOL; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ALUMINUM; BARIUM; BERYLLIUM; BORON; CALCIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MOLYBDENUM; MONTMORILLONITE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SILICON; SODIUM; SULFUR; TITANIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

AFLATOXICOSIS; ARTICLE; CLAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOTOXIN DETECTION; FEMALE; GHANA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; HIGH RISK PATIENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME; TREATMENT DURATION;

AFLATOXINS; BENTONITE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOOD ADDITIVES; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MINERALS; MYCOTOXICOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E;

EID: 46349102717     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 19440057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030701854758     Document Type: Article

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