title: A theoretical model for calcium absorption from the intestinal lumen.
abstract: A theoretical model is developed for the absorption of calcium in the human gut and a mathematical description of the model is written. For simplicity, only three compartments are considered to derive a kinetic equation which can be fit to plasma activity measurements following oral ingestion of radiotracer calcium. Initial tests show good success in correlating total fractional absorption of calcium.
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D008433:Mathematics; D008954:Models, Biological
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium