Consumption of wheat aleurone-rich foods increases fasting plasma betaine and modestly decreases fasting homocysteine and LDL-cholesterol in adults

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 140, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2153-2157

  Price, Ruth K ^a   Keaveney, Edel M ^a   Hamill, Lesley L ^a   Wallace, Julie M W ^a   Ward, Mary ^a   Ueland, Per M ^b   McNulty, Helene ^a   Strain, J J ^a   Parker, Michael J ^c   Welch, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; BETAINE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; DIMETHYLGLYCINE; FOLIC ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; METHIONINE; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALEURONE; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CEREAL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIEBACK DISEASE; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; METHYLATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ADULT; AGED; BETAINE; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FASTING; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TRITICUM;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 78649622524     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.110.126961     Document Type: Article

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