Journal of Food and Nutritional DisordersISSN: 2324-9323

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Research Article, J Food Nutr Disor Vol: 3 Issue: 1

Encapsulated Folic Acid in Cheddar Cheese Reduce Methionine -Induced Hyper-Homocysteinemia in Male BALB/C Mice

Honest Madziva1, Michael Phillips2 and Kasipathy Kailasapathy3*
1School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane St Lucia QLD 4072, Australia
2School of Science and Health, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South DC, NSW 1797, Australia
3School of Biosciences, Taylor’s University, Lakeside Campus, No. 1 Jalan Taylors, 47500 Subang Jaya, Malaysia
Corresponding author : Dr. Kasipathy Kailasapathy
School of Biosciences, Taylor’s University, Lakeside Campus, No. 1 Jalan Taylors, 47500 Subang Jaya, Malaysia
Tel: +61 2 45 701 653; Fax: +61 2 45 701 954
E-mail: Kailasapathy.Kasipathy@taylors.edu.my
Received: July 01, 2013 Accepted: December 31, 2013 Published: January 06, 2014
Citation: Madziva H, Phillips M, Kailasapathy K (2014) Encapsulated Folic Acid in Cheddar Cheese Reduce Methionine -Induced Hyper-Homocysteinemia in Male BALB/C Mice. J Food Nutr Disor 3:1. doi:10.4172/2324-9323.1000130

Abstract

Encapsulated Folic Acid in Cheddar Cheese Reduce Methionine -Induced Hyper-Homocysteinemia in Male BALB/C Mice

This paper is based on research carried out in 2009 in the low-income residential area of Epworth in Harare, Zimbabwe. The paper assesses the contribution of rural-urban linkages to the food security of urban households in a crisis context. Research findings demonstrate that in conditions of extreme economic distress such as those that were besetting Zimbabwe at the time, the socio-cultural linkages that exist between the city and the village, as well as the economic relations of reciprocity embedded within these interactions are crucial to the survival of distressed urban households.

Keywords: Folic acid; Alginate-pectin microcapsules; Homocysteine; Cheddar cheese; Microencapsulation

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