Advances in natural stable isotope ratio analysis of human hair to determine nutritional and metabolic status

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 532-540

  Petzke, Klaus J ^a   Fuller, Benjamin T ^b,c   Metges, Cornelia C ^d  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

Author keywords

human hair; nutritional biomarker; protein and amino acids; stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; KERATIN; STABLE ISOTOPE;

DIETARY INTAKE; EXPOSURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETER; MEASUREMENT; METABOLISM; NITROGEN BALANCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REVIEW; STRESS;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIET; FOOD HABITS; HAIR; HUMANS; ISOTOPE LABELING; ISOTOPES; KERATINS; NITROGEN; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 77955927941     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 14736519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e32833c3c84     Document Type: Review

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