title: Intestinal uptake and retention of copper in the suckling rat, Rattus rattus--I. Distribution and binding.
abstract: The distribution of the heterogeneous copper (Cu)-complex in the intestine of the neonatal rat parallels that of total Cu and is maximal in the ileum. In the ileum the total Cu concentration exceeds 400 micrograms/g wet wt at 14 days of age and then falls to about 20 micrograms/g wet wt in the 20-day-old pup. The apoproteins (apopeptides) of the Cu-complex, which are absent from the late-foetal intestine, vary in number and proportion with postnatal age and nutritional status.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Holt
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dinsdale
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Webb
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D000833:Animals, Suckling; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D003300:Copper / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D015032:Zinc / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003300:Copper; D015032:Zinc