Postprandial plasma betaine and other methyl donor-related responses after consumption of minimally processed wheat bran or wheat aleurone, or wheat aleurone incorporated into bread

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 445-453

  Keaveney, Edel M ^a   Price, Ruth K ^a   Hamill, Lesley L ^a   Wallace, Julie M W ^a   McNulty, Helene ^a   Ward, Mary ^a   Strain, J J ^a   Ueland, Per M ^b,c   Molloy, Anne M ^d   Piironen, Vieno ^e   Von Reding, Walter ^f   Shewry, Peter R ^g   Ward, Jane L ^g   Welch, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f Buhler AG   (Switzerland)

^g ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Betaine; Methyl donors; Wheat aleurone; Wheat bran

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; CHOLINE; DIMETHYLGLYCINE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; SARCOSINE;

ALEURONE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY COMPLIANCE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; WHEAT ALEURONE; WHEAT BRAN; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADULT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIETARY FIBER; FOOD HANDLING; PLANT SEED; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

ADULT; BETAINE; BREAD; CHOLINE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; MALE; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; SARCOSINE; SEEDS; TRITICUM;

EID: 84922628317     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114514003778     Document Type: Article

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