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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 48, 350-354, Copyright © 1988 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc
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DD Gallaher, PE Johnson, JR Hunt, GI Lykken and MJ Marchello
Department of Food and Nutrition, North Dakota State University, Fargo 58105.
Beef is a concentrated source of zinc. However, the bioavailability of Zn from beef has not been clearly established. It is also unclear whether there is a difference in absorption between intrinsic and extrinsic Zn. To address these questions, a calf was labeled with 65ZnCl2 and the meat was used as a source of intrinsically labeled beef. Twelve subjects were given a meal containing 100 g beef labeled either intrinsically or extrinsically with 65ZnCl2. Gamma-ray emissions, as determined by whole-body counting, were used to calculate Zn absorption. Absorption values were 20.9 +/- 5.5% from the extrinsic meal and 26.4 +/- 10.6% from the intrinsic meal, a difference that was not statistically significant (p greater than 0.05). Zn absorption was thus much less than the 40% assumed in establishing the 1980 Recommended Dietary Allowance for Zn. These results also indicate that extrinsic labels of Zn are valid markers of zinc absorption in beef.
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