title: Liver and plasma copper concentrations in rats fed diets containing various proteins.
abstract: The question was addressed whether the type of dietary protein influences copper (Cu) concentrations in liver and plasma of rats. For this purpose, weanling female rats were fed diets containing as the sole source of protein either soybean protein, casein, amino acid mixtures simulating soybean protein or casein, lactalbumin, ovalbumin, or herring meal. The diets were balanced for residual Cu in the protein preparations. The type of protein and the composition of the amino acid mixture did not differentially influence liver Cu concentrations. Liver Cu was significantly lowered after feeding the amino acid mixtures when compared with the intact proteins. Plasma Cu concentrations were not affected by the type of protein in the diet.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Animal Science, State University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Veenendaal
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Lemmens
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Beynen
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D003300:Copper / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D007501:Iron / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D015032:Zinc / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D003300:Copper; D007501:Iron; D015032:Zinc