Folate is absorbed across the human colon: Evidence by using enteric-coated caplets containing13C-labeled [6S]-5-formyltetrahydrofolate1-4

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1278-1286

  Lakoff, Alanna ^a,d   Fazili, Zia ^e   Aufreiter, Susanne ^d   Pfeiffer, Christine M ^e   Connolly, Bairbie ^b,d   Gregory, Jesse F ^f   Pencharz, Paul B ^a,c,d   O'Connor, Deborah L ^a,d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; ACRYLIC ACID COPOLYMER; BARIUM SULFATE; CARBON 13; FOLIC ACID; FOLINIC ACID; CARBON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON ABSORPTION; COLON FLORA; COLONOSCOPY; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG HALF LIFE; ENTERIC COATED TABLET; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PLASMA HALF LIFE; TABLET DISINTEGRATION TIME; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BLOOD; COLON; DIET; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG FORMULATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; COLON; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMPOUNDING; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEUCOVORIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908150055     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.091785     Document Type: Article

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