Homocysteine lowering by folate-rich diet or pharmacological supplementations in subjects with moderate hyperhomocysteinemia

Nutrients

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1531-1543

  Zappacosta, Bruno ^a   Mastroiacovo, Pierpaolo ^b   Persichilli, Silvia ^c   Pounis, George ^a   Ruggeri, Stefania ^d   Minucci, Angelo ^c   Carnovale, Emilia ^d   Andria, Generoso ^e   Ricci, Roberta ^f   Scala, Iris ^e   Genovese, Orazio ^f   Turrini, Aida ^d   Mistura, Lorenza ^d   Giardina, Bruno ^c   Iacoviello, Licia ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Alessandra Lisi International Centre on Birth Defects   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^d National Institute for Research in Food and Nutrition   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^f CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

5 MTHF; Clinical trial; Folate rich diet; Folic acid; Homocysteine; MTHFR genotype

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; 5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CYTOSINE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PLACEBO; THYMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MTHFR GENE; OPEN STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 84877753918     PISSN: 20726643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu5051531     Document Type: Article

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