The oral bioavailability of nitrate from nitrate-rich vegetables in humans

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 177-181

  van Velzen, Agnes G ^a   Sips, Adrienne J A M ^a   Schothorst, Ronald C ^a   Lambers, Annette C ^a   Meulenbelt, Jan ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Nitrate; Nitrite; Pharmacokinetics; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRITE; SODIUM NITRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEETROOT; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LETTUCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINACH; VEGETABLE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; BETA VULGARIS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EATING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LETTUCE; NITRATES; NITRITES; SPINACIA OLERACEA; VEGETABLES;

LACTUCA; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 52049097726     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2008.07.019     Document Type: Article

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