Betaine supplementation lowers plasma homocysteine in healthy men and women.

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  Journal of NutriLife

• Publication date

  2003-05-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Chemistry

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  DOI 10.1093/JN/133.5.1291PMID 12730412
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