Low-calcium diets enhance phytate-phosphorus availability.
This study showed that, in chickens, the negative effects of phytate-phosphorus in a low inorganic phosphorus diet could be completely reversed through the additive effects of reduced dietary calcium and increased cholecalciferol. In the future, perhaps greater reliance on more readily available plant phosphorus sources may be instituted in developing countries, where cheap sources of inorganic phosphorus are difficult to obtain.
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Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903.
D000818:Animals; D001682:Biological Availability; D002118:Calcium / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002645:Chickens; D004032:Diet; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D010833:Phytic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D010945:Plants, Edible
D010758:Phosphorus; D010833:Phytic Acid; D002118:Calcium