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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-8-12
pubmed:abstractText
Three groups of individually housed albino rats (n = 6, initial average weight = 47 g) were fed diets based on egg white and cornstarch (basal diet 8 g Ca, 5.2 g P, 0.76 g Mg, 100 mg Zn, 100 mg Fe, 50 mg Mn, 7 mg Cu, and 5 mg Cd per kilogram diet) over a 4-week period. Group I (controls) was fed the basal diet free of phytic acid (PA) and microbial phytase. In groups II and III cornstarch was replaced by 0.5% PA from NaPA (molar PA/Zn ratio approximately 5). In group III, 2,000 U of microbial phytase from Aspergillus niger per kilogram diet was added. Live weight gain, zinc status (zinc in plasma, femur, liver, and testes; activity of the plasma alkaline phosphatase), and apparent absorption of zinc, iron, copper, and manganese remained unchanged by the different dietary treatments. The apparent phosphorus absorption was highest in the phytase group. PA decreased and microbial phytase improved the apparent absorption of calcium and magnesium. Liver cadmium concentration, total liver and kidney cadmium content, as well as fractional liver and kidney cadmium accumulation in rats fed the diet containing PA were significantly higher than those in the controls. Phytase supplementation lowered liver and kidney cadmium accumulation. Differences in calcium and magnesium bioavailability due to PA and microbial phytase may be one factor in the alteration of tissue cadmium accumulation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0250-6807
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
361-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of phytic acid and microbial phytase on Cd accumulation, Zn status, and apparent absorption of Ca, P, Mg, Fe, Zn, Cu, and Mn in growing rats.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Animal Nutrition and Nutritional Physiology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article