Bioavailability of zinc from cooked Philippine milled, undermilled, and brown rice, as assessed in rats by using growth, bone zinc, and zinc-65 retention

Abstract

The nutritional bioavailability of zinc from cooked milled, undermilled, and brown Philippine rice (variety PSB Rc14) was evaluated in rats, comparing results based on weight gain, tibia zinc incorporation (slope ratio analyses), and zinc radiotracer retention. Milling reduced the phytic acid and mineral content of the rice, resulting in zinc concentrations of 16.5, 19.4, and 27.2 μg/g and phytate/zinc molar ratios of 4, 20, and 28 for milled, undermilled, and brown rice, respectively. Measured zinc bioavailability was similar whether using growth, bone zinc, or radioisotope retention as criteria, at approximately 92, 86, and 77% of zinc sulfate, for milled, undermilled, and brown rice, respectively. However, the higher percent bioavailability of the zinc after milling was insufficient to compensate for the lower zinc content. With respect to zinc, the nutritional value was inversely related to milling, providing approximately 15, 17, and 21 μg bioavailable zinc/g rice, respectively, for milled, undermilled and brown rice of this variety.

Source or Periodical Title

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

ISSN

218561

Page

5229-5235

Document Type

Article

Subject

Absorption, Brown rice, Growth, Milling, Phytic acid, Radioisotope tracer, Retention, Slope ratio, Tibia zinc, Weight gain, White rice, Zinc bioavailability, Zinc-65

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