The rate of intestinal absorption of natural food folates is not related to the extent of folate conjugation
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McKillop DJ, McNulty H, Scott JM, McPartlin JM, Strain JJ, Bradbury I, Girvan J, Hoey L, McCreedy R, Alexander J, Patterson BK, Hannon-Fletcher M, Pentieva K. `The rate of intestinal absorption of natural food folates is not related to the extent of folate conjugation? in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 84, (1), 2006, pp 167-173Download Item:
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Background: Evidence is conflicting as to whether the bioavailability of food folates is influenced by the extent of their conjugation.
Objective: The objective was to compare the bioavailability of 3 representative food folate sources with various degrees of glutamylation?ie, egg yolk, spinach, and yeast, whose polyglutamyl folate content measured 0%, 50%, and 100%, respectively.
Design: In a randomized crossover trial, 13 male subjects, after a prestudy folate saturation procedure, received in random order either placebo or 500 ?g total folate, which was provided as concentrated freeze-dried extract removed from the normal food matrix of egg yolk, spinach, or yeast. Blood samples (n = 10) were collected before and up to 10 h after treatments, which were administered at weekly intervals.
Results: A significant increase from baseline plasma folate concentrations was observed by 0.5 h after treatment with egg yolk folate or spinach folate and by 1 h after treatment with yeast folate, and the concentrations remained significantly elevated for 3?5 h; no plasma folate response was observed after placebo treatment. The overall responses, calculated as plasma folate area under the curve (AUC) for egg yolk, spinach, and yeast folate, were 122.6 ? 23.6, 136.2 ? 21.4, and 102.5 ? 21.1 nmol ? h/L, respectively. No significant differences in AUC were seen between monoglutamyl (egg yolk) folate and either of the polyglutamate-containing folates examined.
Conclusion: These results suggest that the ratio of monoglutamate to polyglutamate in natural folates is not a factor that limits the extent of intestinal absorption of food folate.
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