Bioavailability of Oil-Based and β-Lactoglobulin-Complexed Vitamin A in a Rat Model
Table 6
Liver and serum vitamin A after the 4-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)
0.57 ± 0.10a
0.10 ± 0.03c
0.34 ± 0.13b
0.38 ± 0.13a,b
0.46 ± 0.15a,b
Liver retinol (g/g)
1.53 ± 0.28a
0.11 ± 0.13b
0.30 ± 0.21b
0.84 ± 0.21a
0.39 ± 0.30b
Liver retinyl palmitate (g/g)
36.09 ± 12.39a
0.39 ± 0.15b
1.30 ± 0.55b
33.53 ± 8.79a
4.88 ± 3.23b
1See abbreviations.
2Each value is the mean ± SD and = 4 in negative and positive control groups (A/N and D/N), and in the other groups. Means in a row without common superscript letters are significantly different ().