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Interaction between B vitamins and homocysteine and its relevance to a food fortification programme

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  • Project start date: 1 October 2002
  • Project status: Completed
  • Project type: Nutrition
  • Discipline: Nutrition surveillance
  • Author/s: Dr Geraldine Cuskelly, Queen’s University Belfast
  • Collaborator/s: Single supplier

Research objective

Homocysteine is an amino acid found naturally in the body. It is thought that increased levels of this amino acid may cause heart disease. However, there are four B vitamins involved in homocysteine metabolism (breakdown) - folate, riboflavin (B2), pyridoxine (B6) and B12. This project aimed to examine the relative importance of three of these four B vitamins (folate, B2 and B6) in homocysteine metabolism.

Outputs

Research report

  • Title: Unpublished report.
  • Publication date: 5 September 2008



Other outputs

PhD thesis is available on request and can be accessed through Queen’s University Belfast.

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