Magnesium fluxes during lactation in the rat.
Lactating rats fed a 0.055% Mg diet transferred 5.5 +/- SEM 0.3 mg per day of Mg into milk but remained in a slightly positive Mg balance by increasing both food consumption and fractional intestinal Mg absorption. Urinary Mg excretion increased continually during the course of lactation to values double those of non-lactating rats.
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Division of Renal Medicine, Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60616.
D000818:Animals; D004435:Eating / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D007408:Intestinal Absorption / Q000502:physiology; D007774:Lactation / Q000378:metabolism*; D008274:Magnesium / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
D008274:Magnesium