Response to Prof D. Vanden Berghe letter: 'There are not enough data to conclude that Monomethylsilanetriol is safe’

Nutrition & Metabolism

Jonathan J Powell³  Stephen D Kinrade¹  Simon HC Anderson²  Ravin Jugdaohsingh² 

[1] Department of Chemistry, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada;Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Rayne Institute, St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK;MRC Human Nutrition Research, Elsie Widdowson Laboratory, Fulbourn Road, Cambridge CB1 9NL, UK

关键词: Proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy;    Orthosilicic acid;    Nanoparticles;    Choline-stabilised orthosilicic acid;    Monomethylsilanetriol;   

Others  :  803110
DOI  :  10.1186/1743-7075-10-65

 received in 2013-10-18, accepted in 2013-10-19,  发布年份 2013

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2013 Jugdaohsingh et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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