. 2014 Apr 22;159(1):325–331. doi: 10.1007/s12011-014-9973-z

Table 3.

The effects of experimental diets on the mineral content in the femurs and thigh muscles of rats

Mineral	Experimental diets^a
Mineral	FF	FF + Cr	CEL	CEL + Cr	PEC	PEC + Cr	CEL + PEC	CEL + PEC + Cr
Femur
Cr (μg/g WM) × 10⁻²	10.1 ± 5.3^A	13.0 ± 6.9^AB	18.4 ± 8.1^AB	28.3 ± 10.4^B	15.6 ± 6.8^AB	17.2 ± 9.0^AB	20.2 ± 7.8^AB	24.9 ± 9.9^B
Ca (mg/g WM)	158 ± 21	143 ± 23	149 ± 17	148 ± 20	141 ± 14	135 ± 19	161 ± 20	141 ± 22
Fe (μg/g WM)	59.6 ± 8.2^AC	59.9 ± 7.3^A	62.9 ± 6.8^AB	69.5 ± 5.0^AB	65.9 ± 7.6^AB	73.4 ± 8.7^BC	69.3 ± 6.3^AB	75.9 ± 13.1^B
Zn (μg/g WM)	135 ± 8^A	133 ± 7^AC	124 ± 6^BC	123 ± 6^AB	123 ± 7^B	124 ± 5^BC	121 ± 7^B	127 ± 6^AB
Mg (mg/g WM)	4.94 ± 0.86	4.54 ± 0.79	5.19 ± 0.99	4.19 ± 0.86	3.68 ± 1.02	3.74 ± 0.83	4.35 ± 0.93	3.68 ± 0.75
P (mg/g WM)	82.3 ± 8.2^AC	83.4 ± 7.2^A	76.6 ± 9.2^AB	79.2 ± 6.6^AB	68.1 ± 9.6^BC	72.4 ± 4.0^AB	65.9 ± 8.7^B	76.2 ± 9.9^AB
Muscle
Cr (μg/g WM) × 10⁻²	16.3 ± 8.9	25.0 ± 9.6	20.8 ± 11.7	32.4 ± 12.8	26.1 ± 9.0	26.7 ± 11.0	20.8 ± 9.8	19.1 ± 7.9
Ca (μg/g WM)	85.1 ± 24.2^AB	126.0 ± 43.8^A	72.8 ± 7.6^AB	82.2 ± 21.8^AB	93.2 ± 34.3^AB	72.0 ± 21.9^AB	70.7 ± 13.6^AB	60.4 ± 12.9^B
Fe (μg/g WM)	13.3 ± 2.5	16.5 ± 4.7	12.9 ± 1.6	14.0 ± 3.4	12.7 ± 2.8	12.6 ± 2.0	13.0 ± 2.1	11.7 ± 1.2
Zn (μg/g WM)	11.8 ± 2.1	12.5 ± 3.4	9.4 ± 0.9	11.0 ± 1.9	10.2 ± 2.2	10.2 ± 1.4	10.7 ± 1.4	9.9 ± 1.7
Mg (μg/g WM)	268 ± 23^A	291 ± 18^AB	286 ± 10^AB	283 ± 19^AB	290 ± 16^AB	283 ± 13^AB	278 ± 25^AB	301 ± 18^B

The data are presented as the mean ± SD. The values in the same row that do not share the same superscript letter are significantly different (analysis of variance, P < 0.05)

FF a fiber-free diet, CEL a diet with 5 % cellulose, PEC a diet with 5 % pectin, CEL + PEC a diet with 2.5 % cellulose and 2.5 % pectin, WM wet mass

^aThe diets differ in fiber content and Cr content