Folate Absorption Study in Healthy Adults
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Folate status in healthy adultsDiet and Nutrition - Other diet and nutrition disorders
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12610000501044
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Otago
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 16
Inclusion Criteria
Males and Females aged 18-65 years
Exclusion Criteria
Vitamin supplement users
- People with a chronic disease e.g. heart disease, diabetes
- People with allergies to milk
-Men and women with anemia at baseline. (Haemoglobin (Hb) <120 /L females <140 g/L males)
-People taking drugs know to interefere with folate metabolism (i.e. methotextrate, sulphasalazine, phenytoin, and others)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Plasma folate levels over eight hours after ingestion of folate or placebo. Area under the curve of plasma folate.[8 treatments one week apart.<br><br>At each visit a baseline blood sample will be drawn, the folate or placebo pill taken and blood collected every 1/4 hour for the first two hours and then every 1/2 hour for the next 3 hours and then every hour for an additional four hours.]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method one[None]