Selenium bioavailability of infant milk diets
The effects of age, types of milk diet and chemical forms of SE on its bioavailability were studied using suckling rats as a model. Human milk, bovine milk and infant formula (regular Similac) extrinsically labeled with either (/sup 75/Se) selenite or (/sup 75/Se) selenomethionine were fed by gastric intubation to 8, 10, 15 and 20 (or 30)-day-old rats. Retention of /sup 75/Se in gut free carcass and liver was measured 3 hours after feeding. At any given age the corresponding absorption of /sup 75/Se from the 3 diets was similar except at 15 days of age when significantly more (/sup 75/Se) selenomethionine was absorbed from human milk (83%) than from bovine milk or formula (72%). Much higher amount of (/sup 75/Se) selenomethionine was absorbed by any age group from the 3 milk diets compared to (/sup 75/Se) selenite. An age related change in both (/sup 75/Se) selenite and (/sup 75/Se) selenomethionine absorption was noticed in all 3 diets. Gut free carcass (/sup 75/Se) selenite absorption was 32% in 8-d-old rats and increased to 46% in 20-d-old rats. The corresponding liver /sup 75/Se retention was 7.5 and 19.5%. On the other hand, (/sup 75/Se) selenomethionine retention by the gut free carcass decreased with age from an average of 83% in 8-d-old rats to 72% in 20-d-old rats. The corresponding /sup 75/Se incorporation into the liver increased from 15.5% in 8-d-old rats to 21.9% in 20-d-old rats. It is concluded that twice as much /sup 75/Se) selenite and an age related change in /sup 75/Se absorption was noticed between the 2 chemical forms of Se and between human milk and the other 2 milk diets.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City
- OSTI ID:
- 5392269
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-8604222-; TRN: 86-028423
- Journal Information:
- Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States), Vol. 45:3; Conference: 70. annual meeting of the Federation of American Society for Experimental Biology, St. Louis, MO, USA, 13 Apr 1986
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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