Normal growth rate in rats is recovered after a period of zinc deficiency by restoration of zinc supply by means of a zinc-fortified Petit Suisse cheese

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 269-273

  Salgueiro, J ^a   Leonardi, N ^a   Zubillaga, M ^a   Weill, R ^b   Goldman, C ^a   Calmanovici, G ^a   Barrado, A ^a   Martinez Sarrasague, M ^a   Boccio, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE MORÓN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Bone; Fortification; Growth; Zinc

Indexed keywords

GLUCONATE ZINC; GLYCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; BONE GROWTH; CHEESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMUR; FOOD; GROWTH RATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALS; CHEESE; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; FEMUR; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GLUCONATES; GLYCINE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WEIGHT GAIN; ZINC; ZINC SULFATE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 20444432716     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:104:3:269     Document Type: Article

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