Modified egg as a nutritional supplement during peak brain development: A new target for fortification

Nutrition and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-118

  Shapira, Niva ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brain development; Egg; N 3 PUFA; Perinatal; Pregnancy nutrition

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; MINERAL; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; VITAMIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BREAST MILK; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

AMINO ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MILK; MILK, HUMAN; MINERALS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OVUM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; VITAMINS;

EID: 70350092735     PISSN: 02601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026010600902000203     Document Type: Article

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