Unmetabolized folic acid is detected in nearly all serum samples from us children, adolescents, and adults

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 520-531

  Pfeiffer, Christine M ^a   Sternberg, Maya R ^a   Fazili, Zia ^a   Yetley, Elizabeth A ^b   Lacher, David A ^c   Bailey, Regan L ^b   Johnson, Clifford L ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

5 methyltetrahydrofolate; HPLC tandemmass spectrometry; NHANES; Serumfolate; Unmetabolized folic acid

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; ALCOHOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNMETABOLIZED FOLIC ACID; 5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE; FOLIC ACID; TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY SURFACE; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GEOMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; INFANT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TETRAHYDROFOLATES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928395201     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.114.201210     Document Type: Article

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