Effect of egg ingestion on trimethylamine-N-oxide production in humans: A randomized, controlled, dose-response study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 778-786

  Miller, Carolyn A ^a   Corbin, Karen D ^a   Da Costa, Kerry Ann ^b   Zhang, Shucha ^a   Zhao, Xueqing ^a   Galanko, Joseph A ^c   Blevins, Tondra ^a   Bennett, Brian J ^a,c   O'Connor, Annalouise ^a   Zeisel, Steven H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLINE; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; METHYLAMINE; TRIMETHYLOXAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EGG; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEAL; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HEART DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UPREGULATION; URINE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLINE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EGG YOLK; EGGS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; METHYLAMINES; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84907313170     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.087692     Document Type: Article

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