TY  - JOUR
AB  - In this study, phytic acid was extracted from Jamaican sweet potato, which has been reported to contain a high phytic acid to zinc ratio and fed to Wistar rats for three weeks. Animals were then sacrificed and blood glucose, intestinal amylase activity and faecal minerals were determined. Blood glucose levels in all the groups fed phytic acid extract from sweet potato or commercial phytic acid were reduced compared to their controls. This lowering was more pronounced in the groups fed phytic acid extract from sweet potato or commercial phytic acid plus zinc supplement. Faecal zinc was significantly higher in the groups fed phytic acid extract from sweet potato compared to the controls in weeks 1 and 2. Supplementation of the diets with phytic acid extract from sweet potato or commercial phytic acid resulted in an increase in the faecal output of iron except for the group that was fed commercial phytic acid plus zinc. Overall, the supplementation of the rat diet with phytic acid extract from sweet potato resulted in a general increase in the output of these faecal minerals.
VL  - 34
IS  - 2
SN  - 0034-6659
DO  - 10.1108/00346650410529014
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/00346650410529014
AU  - Dilworth Lowell L.
AU  - Omoruyi Felix O.
AU  - Simon Oswald
AU  - Morrison Errol Y.
AU  - Asemota Helen N.
PY  - 2004
Y1  - 2004/01/01
TI  - Hypoglycemia and faecal minerals in rats fed phytate
T2  - Nutrition & Food Science
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 60
EP  - 64
Y2  - 2024/09/19
ER  -