Maternal choline intake modulates maternal and fetal biomarkers of choline metabolism in humans

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1060-1071

  Yan, Jian ^a   Jiang, Xinyin ^e   West, Allyson A ^a   Perry, Cydne A ^a   Malysheva, Olga V ^a   Devapatla, Srisatish ^b   Pressman, Eva ^c   Vermeylen, Francoise ^a   Stabler, Sally P ^d   Allen, Robert H ^d   Caudill, Marie A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Cayuga Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BETAINE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLINE; DIMETHYLGLYCINE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; METHIONINE; SARCOSINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; BETAINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHOLINE; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETUS; HUMANS; METHIONINE; PREGNANCY; SARCOSINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860267035     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.111.022772     Document Type: Article

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