Silicon absorption and excretion is independent of age and sex in adults

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1024-1030

  Jugdaohsingh, Ravin ^a,b   Sripanyakorn, Supannee ^b,c   Powell, Jonathan J ^a  

^a MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LOEI RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Oestrogen status; Orthosilicic acid; Pre and postmenopausal women; Silicon metabolism; Young and older men

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; ESTRADIOL; SILICIC ACID; SILICON;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CREATININE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SEX FACTORS; SILICON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883328504     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114513000184     Document Type: Article

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