The growth of weaning piglets is effectively improved by feeding a high-Zn diet (3000 mg Zn/kg of diet). The present study examined whether feeding a diet supplemented with Zn (1016-3000 mg/kg) for 10 d induces growth benefits in rats. In addition, tissue weight, Zn content of tissues and expression of Zn transporters were examined in these rats. Zn supplementation did not significantly increas...

We previously showed that zinc (Zn) supplementation of Zn-adequate dams induced immunosuppressive effects that persist in the offspring after weaning. We investigated whether the immunosuppressive effects were due to in utero exposure and/or mediated via milk using a cross-fostering design. Pregnant rats with adequate Zn nutriture were supplemented with either Zn (1.5 mg Zn in 10% sucrose) or p...

Several Combination reducing systems of Zn(BH4)2 such as Zn(BH4)2/TMEDA 3a, Zn(BH4)2/ Me3SiCl 3b, Zn(BH4)2/TFA/DME 3c, Zn(BH4)2/H2O 3d, Zn(BH4)2/Al2O3 3e, Zn(BH4)2/C 3f, Zn(BH4)2/2NaCl 3g, Zn(BH4)2/U.S. 3h, and Zn(BH4)2/ZrCl4 3iare interesting and have been used for different reduction purposes.However, zinc tetrahydroborate has been used less than regular reducing agents in laboratory, probabl...

The aim was to study the effects of zinc (Zn) and fluoride (F) on remineralisation at plaque fluid concentrations. Artificial carious lesions were created in 2 acid-gel demineralising systems (initially infinitely undersaturated and partially saturated with respect to enamel) giving lesions with different mineral distribution characteristics (high and low R values, respectively) but similar int...

Fifty weanling crossbred pigs averaging 6.2 kg of initial BW and 21 d of age were used in a 5-wk experiment to evaluate lower dietary concentrations of an organic source of Zn as a Zn-polysaccharide (Zn-PS) compared with 2,000 ppm of inorganic Zn as ZnO, with growth performance, plasma concentrations of Zn and Cu, and Zn and Cu balance as the criteria. The pigs were fed individually in metaboli...

It has been estimated that one-third of the world's population lack sufficient Zn for adequate nutrition. This can be alleviated by increasing dietary Zn intakes through Zn biofortification of edible crops. Biofortification strategies include the application of Zn-fertilizers and the development of crop genotypes that acquire more Zn from the soil and accumulate it in edible portions. Zinc conc...

Four rice genotypes differing in Zn efficiency were selected to study the physiological mechanisms for different susceptibility of genotypes to Zn deficiency. It was demonstrated that Zn efficiency was not associated with flooding tolerance, so that flooding tolerance trait could be detected among both Zn-efficient and Zn-inefficient genotypes. Total and water soluble Zn concentrations in shoot...