Research Article

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/groupA/ND/ND/PD/OD/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 ± 0.10a0.10 ± 0.03c0.34 ± 0.13b0.38 ± 0.13a,b0.46 ± 0.15a,b
Liver retinol ( g/g)1.53 ± 0.28a0.11 ± 0.13b0.30 ± 0.21b0.84 ± 0.21a0.39 ± 0.30b
Liver retinyl palmitate ( g/g)36.09 ± 12.39a0.39 ± 0.15b1.30 ± 0.55b33.53 ± 8.79a4.88 ± 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 ( ).