Folate-Binding Protein in Milk: A Review of Biochemistry, Physiology, and Analytical Methods

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 410-425

  Nygren Babol, Linnea ^a   Jägerstad, Margaretha ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

binding kinetics; Bovine FBP; folate absorption

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYTICAL APPLICATIONS; ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANALYTICAL TOOL; BINDING CHARACTERISTICS; BINDING KINETICS; BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; BLOOD PLASMA; BOVINE FBP; CHROMATOGRAPHIC METHODS; FOLATE-BINDING PROTEIN; FOLATES; FOOD SCIENCE; PROTEIN-BINDING; SURFACE PLASMONS; WHEY PROTEINS;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACIDS; BIOSENSORS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DAIRY PRODUCTS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAMMALS; PHYSIOLOGY;

PROTEINS;

BOVINAE;

FOLATE RECEPTOR; FOLATE RECEPTOR 1; FOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; MALE; METABOLISM; MILK; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; FOLATE RECEPTOR 1; FOLATE RECEPTORS, GPI-ANCHORED; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; MALE; MILK; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 84862111891     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2010.500499     Document Type: Review

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