Choline status is not a reliable indicator of moderate changes in dietary choline consumption in premenopausal women

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-69

  Abratte, Christian M ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Li, Rui ^a   Axume, Juan ^a   Moriarty, David J ^a   Caudill, Marie A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Betaine; Choline; Folate; MTHFR; Phosphatidylcholine; Women

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); BETAINE; CHOLINE; FOLIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; SPHINGOMYELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEUKOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMENOPAUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETAINE; CHOLINE; DIET; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PREMENOPAUSE; SPHINGOMYELINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57049125142     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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