Table 4.
Zinc retention, transport and uptake from infant cereals by Caco-2 cells
| Infant cereal | Zinc added (μg) | Solubility (%) | Retention (μg) | Retention (%) | Transport (μg) | Transport efficiency (%) | Uptake (μg) | Uptake efficiency (%) | |
| - phytase | A | 2.12 | 36.4 ± 7.1a | 0.18 ± 0.08 | 8.5 ± 2b | 1.88 ± 0.6 | 32.3 ± 3a,1 | 2.06 ± 0.8 | 35.4 ± 4.1a |
| B | 2.22 | 18.9 ± 3.8b | 0.09 ± 0.01 | 4.05 ± 2c | 0.5 ± 0.08 | 4.25 ± 1.1c | 0.59 ± 0.6 | 5 ± 0.9d | |
| C | 2.63 | 17 ± 1.9b | 0.54 ± 0.1 | 20.53 ± 3.8a | 0.62 ± 0.1 | 4 ± 0.8c | 1.16 ± 0.4 | 7.5 ± 0.2c | |
| D | 1.63 | 37.8 ± 6.2a,1 | 0.09 ± 0.01 | 5.5 ± 1.6c | 0.71 ± 0.2 | 16.5 ± 0.3b | 0.8 ± 0.4 | 18.6 ± 1.2b | |
| + phytase | A | 2.12 | 46.9 ± 6.6 | 0.84 ± 0.2 | 22.2 ± 2.71 | 1.04 ± 0.5 | 23 ± 3.6 | 1.88 ± 0.9 | 41.6 ± 6.5 |
| B | 2.22 | 18.92 ± 2.7 | 0.42 ± 0.1 | 18.92 ± 2.81 | 0.44 ± 0.2 | 3.74 ± 0.3 | 0.86 ± 0.2 | 7.3 ± 0.21 | |
| C | 2.63 | 27.3 ± 61 | 0.38 ± 0.1 | 14.45 ± 3.4 | 1.59 ± 0.6 | 16.5 ± 2.61 | 1.97 ± 0.8 | 20.4 ± 2.11 | |
| D | 1.63 | 21 ± 4.3 | 0.18 ± 0.03 | 61.3 ± 9.91 | 1.43 ± 0.4 | 18.4 ± 4.1 | 1.61 ± 0.2 | 20.7 ± 0.61 |