Studies of a urinary biomarker of dietary inorganic sulphur in subjects on diets containing 1-38 mmol sulphur/day and of the half-life of ingested 34SO42-

R Curno, E A Magee, L M Edmond, J H Cummings

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    Abstract

    Sulphites are widely used food additives that may damage health, hence limits are set on their use. They are excreted in urine as sulphate, along with sulphate derived from sulphur amino acids. Dietary intakes of sulphites are hard to determine, so we have tested the utility of urinary nitrogen:sulphate ratio as a biomarker of inorganic sulphur (IS) intake. Additionally we determined the half-life of ingested 34SO42- from its urinary excretion.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1106-15
    Number of pages10
    JournalEuropean Journal of Clinical Nutrition
    Volume62
    Issue number9
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Sept 2008

    Keywords

    • Adult
    • Biological Markers
    • Diet
    • Dietary Proteins
    • Female
    • Half-Life
    • Humans
    • Male
    • Middle Aged
    • Nitrogen
    • Radioisotopes
    • Sulfates
    • Sulfur
    • Young Adult

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