THE SEVERITY OF COPPER DEFICIENCY IN RATS IS DETERMINED BY THE TYPE OF DIETARY CARBOHYDRATE
THE SEVERITY OF COPPER DEFICIENCY IN RATS IS DETERMINED BY THE TYPE OF DIETARY CARBOHYDRATE
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DOI:
10.3181/00379727-175-41832
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
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SMITH, JC
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作者:
FIELDS, M;FERRETTI, RJ;SMITH, JC
The interaction between Cu and dietary carbohydrates on clinical and enzymatic indices associated with Cu deficiency was studied. Cu deficiency was produced in rats by feeding diets adequate in all nutrients including Se and Cr, but marginal in Cu (1.2 .mu.g/g diet) containing 62% of either starch, fructose, or glucose. During the 5th wk, the fructose of the Cu-deficient diet (20 rats) was replaced by either starch (10 rats) or by glucose (10 rats). The experiment was terminated after 11 wk. Cu deficiency in rats fed fructose significantly lowered body weight and hematocrit, but increased liver weight, blood urea, N, NH3, cholesterol and triglycerides when compared to rats fed starch or glucose. The Cu metalloenzyme, superoxide dismutase, the selenoenzyme, glutathione peroxidase and hepatic ATP were decreased in the Cu-deficient rats fed fructose as compared to Cu-deficient rats fed starch or glucose. Fructose may be the dietary component which has a deleterious effect on Cu and Se status. Changing the type of dietary carbohydrate in Cu-deficient rats from fructose to either starch or glucose ameliorated the severity of the deficiency. The protective effects were more pronounced with starch than with glucose.