title: [Effect of zinc deficiency on glucose tolerance].
abstract: 18 male rats (Sprague Dawley) were divided into 3 groups each receiving the following amounts of dietary zinc: 2 mg/kg in the depletion group and 100 mg/kg in both the ad libitum-fed control group and in the pair-fed control group. After 34 days of experiment the rats were fasted for 12 hrs and then received 50 mg of glucose per 60 g of body weight injected into the femoral muscle. With equal intial glucose concentrations Zn-depleted rats exhibited a significantly reduce glucose tolerance compared with that of the ad libitum-fed control animals. The reduced glucose tolerance in the Zn-deficient animals does, in this case, not arise as a result of the reduced food intake and the resulting weakened condition of the animals. This was shown by results obtained with the pair-fed animals exhibiting a significantly more stable glucose tolerance than the Zn-depleted rats, which was even more rigid than that of the ad libitum-fed controls.
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed; D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D001823:Body Composition; D003677:Deficiency Diseases / Q000378:metabolism; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D015032:Zinc / Q000097:blood / Q000172:deficiency*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D015032:Zinc
vernacular_title: Zur Wirkung von Zinkmangel auf die Glukosetoleranz