Effect of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR 677C>T) polymorphism on plasma homocysteine concentrations in healthy children is influenced by consumption of folate-fortified foods

Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 969-974

  Papoutsakis, Constantina ^a,b   Manios, Yannis ^a   Magkos, Faidon ^a   Papaconstantinou, Evaggelos ^c   Schulpis, Kleopatra H ^c   Zampelas, Antonis ^d   Matalas, Antonia L ^a   Yiannakouris, Nikos ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Children; Folate status; Homocysteine; MTHFR 677C>T polymorphism

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYTOSINE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE MTHFR; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CEREAL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FRUIT JUICE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BEVERAGES; CEREALS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; FRUIT; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 77957280123     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.09.022     Document Type: Article

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