title: Estimation of the bioavailability of zinc and calcium from human, cow's, goat, and sheep milk by an in vitro method.
abstract: The availability of zinc and calcium from human, cow's, goat, and sheep milk is evaluated by an in vitro method that involves a simulated human gastrointestinal digestion followed by measurement of dialyzability of zinc and calcium. Zinc availability of milk showed the highest value for human milk (15.0%) and the lowest for sheep milk (1.0%), in both whole and skim milk. Calcium availability of the different types of milk did not differ significantly and ranged between 18 and 23%. No significant differences in availability between whole and skim milk were found for both elements, except for zinc in cow's milk.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Antwerp (UIA), Wilrijk, Belgium.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Robberecht
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Van Dael
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Deelstra
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001682:Biological Availability; D002118:Calcium / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D002417:Cattle; D003956:Dialysis; D004063:Digestion; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005260:Female; D006041:Goats; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008892:Milk / Q000737:chemistry*; D008894:Milk Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D012756:Sheep; D015032:Zinc / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*
chemical_list: D008894:Milk Proteins; D015032:Zinc; D002118:Calcium