Comparison of (6S)-5-methyltetrahydrofolic acid v. folic acid as the reference folate in longer-term human dietary intervention studies assessing the relative bioavailability of natural food folates: Comparative changes in folate status following a 16-week placebo-controlled study in healthy adults

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 724-729

  Wright, Anthony J A ^a   King, Maria J ^a   Wolfe, Caroline A ^a   Powers, Hilary J ^b   Finglas, Paul M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

(6S) 5 methyltetrahydrofolic acid; Bioavailability; Folate; Folic acid; Human nutrition; Intervention studies; Plasma homocysteine

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METAFOLIN; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE; TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; REFERENCE VALUE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADOLESCENT; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TETRAHYDROFOLATES; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949510657     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114509992339     Document Type: Article

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