Chemistry behind vegetarianism

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 777-784

  Li, Duo ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Homocysteine; N 3 PUFA; Platelet aggregability; Vegetarian; Vitamin B 12

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIO-VASCULAR RISK FACTORS; CLINICAL COMPLICATIONS; EX-VIVO; HOMOCYSTEINES; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPIDS; N-3 PUFA; TRIACYLGLYCEROLS; VEGETARIAN; VEGETARIAN DIET; VITAMIN B; VITAMIN B12; VITAMIN B 12; WHOLE BLOOD;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; FATTY ACIDS; GLYCEROL; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLASMAS; PLATELETS; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

VITAMINS;

CYANOCOBALAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOSIS; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLATELET AGGREGATION; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOSIS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

EID: 79851469785     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf103846u     Document Type: Review

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