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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 36, 537-545, Copyright © 1982 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Absorption of dietary zinc in man: comparison of intrinsic and extrinsic labels using a triple stable isotope method

M Janghorbani, NW Istfan, JO Pagounes, FH Steinke and VR Young

Determination of true absorption of dietary minerals in human subjects using "extrinsic-tag" approach with stable isotopes requires establishment of its validity. The present study was conducted to test with quantitative aspects absorption of an extrinsic-tag of zinc labeled with 70Zn as compared with an "intrinsic-tag" of the mineral as 68Zn-labeled chicken meat given simultaneously to health male subjects. Three diet periods were used in which diet modulation with respect to zinc dialy intake and nature of protein source (chicken/soy protein isolate) was also examined. Absorption was measured via quantitative fecal isotope balance of 64Zn, 68Zn, 70Zn. For the three diet period 1 (protein: chicken; Zn intake: ZN intake: 10 to 11 mg/day), 2 (protein: chicken/soy protein isolate, 50/50; Zn intake: 10 to 11 mg/day), and 3 (protein: chicken; Zn intake: 7 mg/day), fractional absorption of the extrinsic tag (mean +/- 1 SEM) was 0.46 +/- 0.06, 0.46 +/- 0.06, and 0.66 +/- 0.04 respectively. The comparable values for intrinsic 68Zn were 0.57 +/- 0.06, 0.57 +/- 0.06, and 0.72 +/- 0.04. There was a highly significant correlation (r=0.91), between zinc absorption from the two labels. However, absorption of intrinsic 68Zn was significantly higher (p less than 0.02) during all periods than that for the extrinsic 70Zn. A 50% replacement of protein from chicken meat with the soy protein isolate did not later fractional absorption of zinc from either tag. The ratio of fractional absorption of the extrinsic/intrinsic tag (mean +/- 1 SEM) was 0.79 +/- 0.06, 0.79 +/- 0.04, and 0.92 +/- 0.03 for periods 1, 2, 3, respectively.


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