A provisional database for the silicon content of foods in the United Kingdom

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 804-812

  Powell, Jonathan J ^a,b,c   McNaughton, S A ^c   Jugdaohsingh, R ^a   Anderson, S H C ^a   Dear, J ^b   Khot, J ^b   Mowatt, L ^b   Gleason, K L ^b   Sykes, M ^b   Thompson, R P H ^a   Bolton Smith, C ^c   Hodson, M J ^d  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dietary silicon; Food composition; Human health

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MINERAL WATER; NITRIC ACID; SILICON;

ARTICLE; BANANA; BEAN; BEER; BEVERAGE; CEREAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; LENTIL; NUTRIENT CONTENT; OAT; ONION; ORANGE (FRUIT); RELIABILITY; SPECTROMETRY; SPINACH; TOMATO; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE;

BEVERAGES; BREAD; CEREALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIET; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRUIT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; SILICON; VEGETABLES;

ALLIUM CEPA; LENS CULINARIS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 27944441314     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20051542     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Bellia JP, Birchall JD & Roberts NB (1994) Beer: a dietary source of silicon. Lancet 343, 235.
2. Bennet DM & Parry DW (1981) Electron-probe microanalysis studies of silicon in the epicarp hairs of the caryopses of Hordeum sativum Jess, Avena sativa L, Secale cereale L, and Triticum aestivum L. Ann Bot 48, 645-654.
3. Blaich R & Grundhofer H (1997) Uptake of silica by grapevines from soil and recirculating nutrient solutions. Vitis 36, 161-166.
4. Bowen HJM & Peggs A (1984) Determination of the silicon content of food. J Sci Food Agric 35, 1225-1229.
5. Cabras P & Angioni A (2000) Pesticide residues in grapes, wine, and their processing products. J Agric Food Chem 48, 967-973.
6. Carlisle EM (1972) Silicon: an essential element for the chick. Science 178, 619-662.
7. Carlisle EM (1981) Silicon: a requirement in bone formation independent of vitamin D. Calcif Tissue Int 33, 27-34.
8. Carlisle EM (1982) The nutritional essentiality of silicon. Nutr Rev 40, 193-198.
9. Cummings LS (1992) Illustrated phytoliths from assorted food plants. In Phytolith Systematics - Emerging Issues, pp. 175-192 [G Rapp and SC Mulholland, editors]. New York: Plenum Press.
10. Davies J & Dickerson J (1991) Nutrient Content of Food Portions. Cambridge, UK: Royal Society of Chemistry.
11. Dobbie JW & Smith MB (1982) Silicon: its role in medicine and biology. Scott Med J 27, 1-2.
12. EC Council (1999) Common Organisation of the Market in Wine. Official Journal of the European Communities L179 42, 1-84.
13. Expert Group on Vitamins and Minerals (2003) Safe Upper Levels for Vitamins and Minerals. London: Food Standards Agency.
14. Hayward DM & Parry DW (1980) Scanning electron microscopy of silica deposits in the culms, floral bracts and awns of barley (Hordeum sativum Jess). Ann Bot 46, 541-548.
15. Hodson MJ & Sangster AG (1988) Silica deposition in the inflorescence bracts of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) I. Scanning electron microscopy and light microscopy. Can J Bot 66, 829-838.
16. Holland B, Welch AA, Unwin ID, Buss DH, Paul AA & Southgate DAT (1991) McCance and Widdowson's The Composition of Foods, 5th ed. Cambridge, UK: Royal Society of Chemistry.
17. Hughes C (1987) The Additives Guide. Chichester, UK: John Wiley and Sons.
18. Iler RK (1979) The Chemistry of Silica. Solubility, Polymerisation, Colloid and Surface Properties, and Biochemistry. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
19. Institute of Medicine (2001) Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin A, Vitamin K, Arsenic, Boron, Chromium, Copper, Iodine, Iron, Manganese, Molybdenum, Nickel, Silicon, Vanadium and Zinc. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
20. Jugdaohsingh R, Anderson SHC, Tucker KL, Elliott H, Kiel DP, Thompson RPH & Powell JJ (2002) Dietary silicon intake and absorption. Am J Clin Nutr 75, 887-893.
21. Jugdaohsingh R, Tucker KL, Qiao N, Cupples LA, Kiel DP & Powell JJ (2004) Dietary silicon intake is positively associated with bone mineral density in men and premenopausal women of the Framingham Offspring Cohort. J Bone Miner Res 13, 297-307.
22. Lomer MCE, Hutchinson C, Volkert S, Greenfield SM, Catterall A, Thompson RPH & Powell JJ (2004) Dietary sources of inorganic microparticles and their intake in healthy subjects and patients with Crohn's disease. Br J Nutr 92, 947-955.
23. Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Foods (1993) Food Portion Sizes, 2nd edition. London: The Stationery Office.
24. Parry DW, Hodson MJ & Sangster AG (1984) Some recent advances in studies of silicon in higher plants. Phil Trans R Soc London 304B, 537-549.
25. Pennington JAT (1991) Silicon in food and diets. Food Addit Contam 8, 97-118.
26. Powell JJ & Bolton-Smith C (2003) Interaction between Silicon Intake and Vitamin D and K Status on Markers of Bone Health in Older Women. Final Report to the Food Standards Agency. Project No. 5034. London: Food Standards Agency
27. Reffitt DM, Jugdaohsingh R, Thompson RPH & Powell JJ (1999) Silicic acid: its gastrointestinal uptake and urinary excretion in man and effects on aluminium excretion. J Inorg Biochem 76, 141-147.
28. Saleh MA, Ewane E, Jones J & Wilson BL (2001) Chemical evaluation of commercial bottled drinking water from Egypt. J Food Comp Anal 14, 127-152.
29. Schwarz K (1977) Silicon, fibre and atherosclerosis. Lancet i, 454-457.
30. Schwarz K & Milne DB (1972) Growth-promoting effects of silicon in rats. Nature 239, 333-334.
31. Seaborn CD & Nielsen FH (1993) Silicon: a nutritional beneficence for bones, brains and blood vessels. Nutr Today 28, 13-18.
32. Southgate DAT (2000) Vegetables, fruits, funghi and their products. In Human Nutrition and Dietetics, [JS Garrow, WPT James and A Ralph, editors]. London: Churchill-Livingstone.
33. Sripanyakorn S, Jugdaohsingh R, Elliott H, Walker C, Mehta P, Shouker S, Thompson RPH & Powell JJ (2004) The silicon content of beer and its bioavailability in healthy volunteers. Br J Nutr 91, 403-409.
34. van Dyck K, Robberecht H, van Cauwenbergh R, et al. (2000) Spectrometric determination of silicon in food and biological samples: an interlaboratory trial. J Anal At Spectrom 15, 735-741.