Bioavailability of Oil-Based and β-Lactoglobulin-Complexed Vitamin A in a Rat Model
Table 5
Liver and serum vitamin A after the 2-week repletion in experiment 2.
Parameters/group
A/N
D/N
D/P
D/O
D/N/O
Treatment description1
+Diet/NFM
−Diet/NFM
−Diet/PFM
−Diet/OFM
−Diet/NFM : OFM (2 : 1, v/v)
Serum retinol2 (g/mL)
0.40 ± 0.24
0.20 ± 0.08
0.29 ± 0.16
0.41 ± 0.23
0.30 ± 0.23
Liver retinol (g/g)
1.14 ± 0.09a
0c
0.01 ± 0.02c
0.79 ± 0.53b
0.15 ± 0.21c
Liver retinyl palmitate (g/g)
15.56 ± 3.46a
1.08 ± 0.46b
1.23 ± 0.80b
11.40 ± 4.76a
0.99 ± 0.69b
1See abbreviations.
2Data are shown as mean ± SD; = 4 in the A/N group. = 5 in the other groups. Means in a row without common superscript letters are significantly different ( < 0.05).