Role of maternal vitamin B12 on the metabolic health of the offspring: A contributor to the diabetes epidemic?

British Journal of Diabetes and Vascular Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 109-114

  Saravanan, Ponnusamy ^a   Yajnik, Chitranjan S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Diabetes; Epigenetics; Foetal programming; Folate; Intrauterine environment; Maternal vitamin B12; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); AMINO ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DNA; DOPAMINE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; LIPID; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; METHYLMALONYL COENZYME A MUTASE; PYRIDOXINE; RNA; SEROTONIN;

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; CEREAL; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA SYNTHESIS; EGG; EPIDEMIC; FISH; FISH MEAT; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FRUIT; HUMAN; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEAT; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; OBESITY; POULTRY; PROGENY; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 77957142516     PISSN: 14746514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1474651409358015     Document Type: Review

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