Metabolite profile analysis reveals association of vitamin B-6 with metabolites related to one-carbon metabolism and tryptophan catabolism but notwith biomarkers of inflammation in oral contraceptive users and reveals the effects of oral contraceptives on these processes

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 87-95

  Rios Avila, Luisa ^a   Coats, Bonnie ^b   Chi, Yueh Yun ^b   Midttun, Øivind ^c   Ueland, Per M ^d   Stacpoole, Peter W ^b   Gregory, Jesse F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BEVITAL AS   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Metabolite profile; One carbon; Oral contraceptives; Tryptophan; Vitamin B 6

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYANTHRANILIC ACID; 3 HYDROXYKYNURENINE; ARGININE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUTATHIONE; HOMOCYSTEINE; KYNURENIC ACID; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE; NICOTINAMIDE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PYRIDOXAL; PYRIDOXIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; QUINOLINIC ACID; TRYPTOPHAN; XANTHURENIC ACID; 3-HYDROXYKYNURENINE; CARBON; KYNURENINE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CARBON METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLITE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE; PYRIDOXINE DEFICIENCY; TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CLINICAL TRIAL; METABOLISM; METABOLOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BIOMARKERS; CARBON; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; KYNURENIC ACID; KYNURENINE; METABOLOME; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN B 6; VITAMIN B 6 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84919752751     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.114.201095     Document Type: Article

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