Bioavailability of Oil-Based and β-Lactoglobulin-Complexed Vitamin A in a Rat Model
Table 1
Effect of the supplementation vehicles on rat body, liver weight, and growth rate after 4 wk repletion of vitamin A1.
4 wk repletion of vitamin A treatments
Body weight (g)
Growth rate (g/day)
Liver weight (g)
Regular diet
449.67 ± 23.86ab
3.65 ± 0.31ab
10.98 ± 0.99
Vit A2 in oil
438.00 ± 5.57abc
3.73 ± 0.24ab
10.53 ± 0.28
Vit A2 in -lact2
463.00 ± 5.20a
4.09 ± 0.57a
12.24 ± 0.78
Vit A2 in Oil-milk
414.00 ± 10.54c
2.88 ± 0.25c
9.85 ± 0.79
Vit A2 in -Lact2-milk
433.00 ± 15.59bc
3.42 ± 0.30bc
10.59 ± 1.11
1Values are Mean ± SD; = 3 rats/group. Means in a column with no common superscript letters are significantly different ( < 0.05).
2Vit A: vitamin A; -Lact: --lactoglobulin.