Integrated profiling of metabolites and trace elements reveals a multifaceted malnutrition in pregnant women from a region with a high prevalence of congenital malformations

Metabolomics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 831-844

  Su, Mingming ^a,e   Zheng, Xiao Ying ^b   Zhang, Ting ^c   Pei, Lijun ^b   Wang, Fang ^c   Zheng, Xiaojiao ^a   Gu, Xue ^c   Song, Xinming ^b   Lu, Xiaolin ^c   Chen, Gong ^b   Bao, Yihua ^c   Chen, Tianlu ^a   Zhao, Aihua ^a   Bao, Yuqian ^a   Jia, Wei Ping ^a   Zeisel, Steven H ^f   Jia, Wei ^a,d  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED SIXTH PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CAPITAL INSTITUTE OF PEDIATRICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^e David H Murdock Research Institute   (United States)

^f IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital malformations; Folic acid; Mass spectrometry; Nutritional metabolomics; Pregnancy disorders; Small molecule metabolite; Trace element; Vitamin B 12

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; LEAD; LIPID; SELENIUM; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHINA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLITE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84867215600     PISSN: 15733882     EISSN: 15733890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11306-011-0378-0     Document Type: Article

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