Choline intake influences phosphatidylcholine DHA enrichment in nonpregnant women but not in pregnant women in the third trimester

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 718-727

  West, Allyson A ^a   Yan, Jian ^a   Jiang, Xinyin ^a   Perry, Cydne A ^b   Innis, Sheila M ^c   Caudill, Marie A ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; PLASMA; PREGNANT WOMAN; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

CHOLINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOTROPIC AGENTS; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD;

EID: 84875819547     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.050211     Document Type: Article

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