Micronutrient status assessment in humans: Current methods of analysis and future trends

TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 102, Issue , 2018, Pages 110-122

  Höller, Ulrich ^a   Bakker, Stephan J L ^b   Düsterloh, Andre ^a   Frei, Balz ^c   Köhrle, Josef ^d   Konz, Tobias ^e   Lietz, Georg ^f   McCann, Adrian ^g,o   Michels, Alexander J ^c   Molloy, Anne M ^h   Murakami, Hitoshi ⁱ   Rein, Dietrich ^j,p   Saris, Wim H M ^k   Schmidt, Karlheinz ^l   Shimbo, Kazutaka ⁱ   Schumacher, Soeren ^m   Vermeer, Cees ⁿ   Kaput, Jim ^e,q   Weber, Peter ^a   Eggersdorfer, Manfred ^a   Rezzi, Serge ^e   more..

^a DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS LTD   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^f NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^h TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

ⁱ AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

^j Metanomics Health GmbH   (Germany)

^k MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^m FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Germany)

ⁿ MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^o BEVITAL AS   (Norway)

^p BASF SE   (Germany)

^q Vydiant Inc   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Analytical methodology; Fat soluble vitamins; Human nutrition; Marker for micronutrient status; Micronutrient status assessment; Minerals; Trace elements; Water soluble vitamins

Indexed keywords

MINERALS; NUTRIENTS; NUTRITION; VITAMINS;

ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGY; FAT SOLUBLE VITAMINS; HUMAN NUTRITION; MARKER FOR MICRONUTRIENT STATUS; MICRONUTRIENT STATUS ASSESSMENT; WATER SOLUBLE VITAMINS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOTIN; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IODINE; IRON; MANGANESE; NICOTINIC ACID; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN B GROUP; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN K GROUP; ZINC;

BODY COMPOSITION; HUMAN; MINERAL BLOOD LEVEL; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 85042586924     PISSN: 01659936     EISSN: 18793142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2018.02.001     Document Type: Review

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