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 ± 23.86^ab	3.65 ± 0.31^ab	10.98 ± 0.99
Vit A^2 in oil	438.00 ± 5.57^abc	3.73 ± 0.24^ab	10.53 ± 0.28
Vit A^2 in 𝛽-lact^2	463.00 ± 5.20^a	4.09 ± 0.57^a	12.24 ± 0.78
Vit A^2in Oil-milk	414.00 ± 10.54^c	2.88 ± 0.25^c	9.85 ± 0.79
Vit A^2 in 𝛽-Lact^2-milk	433.00 ± 15.59^bc	3.42 ± 0.30^bc	10.59 ± 1.11

 ¹Values are Mean ± SD;  𝑛 = 3 rats/group. Means in a column with no common superscript letters are significantly different (𝑃 < 0.05).
²Vit A: vitamin A; 𝛽-Lact: -𝛽-lactoglobulin.