Introduction The total dietary Ca requirement for broilers has previously been determined using limestone, monoor di-calcium phosphate, and in the presence of dietary phytate (Bar et al., 2003). Phytate has been reported to increase the total dietary Ca requirement of chickens from 0.50% to 0.95% (Nelson et al., 1968). The use of exogenous phytase promotes phytate hydrolysis and allows for a ma...

introduction phytic acid is a main compound in all plant seeds and contains 60 to 70% of total phosphorus in plant. monogastric animals cannot use phytatephosphorus because of low phytase activity in their digestive tract. thus in addition to unabsorbed mineral phosphorus, phytate phosphorus in fecal ofmonogastric animals may affect water and environment pollution. it is suggested to use of phy...

An in vitro experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of different dietary minerals on phytate hydrolysis by microbial phytase enzyme and to measure the residual phytate content after phytate digestion. Calcium (0, 6, 8, 10 g kg of diet), Fe (0, 70, 80, 90 mg kg of diet), Zn (0, 30, 40, 50 mg kg of diet) or Na (0, 1.5, 2.5 and 3.5 g kg of diet) were incubated with a Na-phytate solution, w...

The current study was undertaken to estimate variance components for phytate P bioavailability (PBA) and the genetic correlations among PBA with growth and feed utilization (or intake) traits in an unselected random mating chicken population. Pedigreed data from 901 Athens-Canadian randombred chickens hatched from 26 sires, 71 dams, and 105 grandparents were used for estimation of genetic param...

BACKGROUND Although calcium inhibits zinc bioavailability in rats, especially from high-phytate diets, the effect of calcium on zinc absorption by humans from practical diets remains unclear. OBJECTIVE The objective was to test the inhibitory effect of dietary calcium, in Western diets with high and low phytate content, on zinc absorption. DESIGN Using a 2 x 2 factorial design, zinc absorpt...

This study evaluated the relationship between phytate urinary levels and bone characteristics in a large population of postmenopausal women. The study population consisted of 180 postmenopausal women who participated in a descriptive cross-sectional study. A urine sample was collected from each subject to determine phytate levels and the volunteers were divided into two groups according to phyt...

Phytic acid (InsP(6)) is considered to be the major source of phosphorus and inositol phosphates in most cereal grains. However, InsP(6) is not utilized efficiently by monogastric animals due to lack of phytase enzyme. Furthermore, due to its ability to chelate mineral cations, phytic acid is considered to be an antinutrient that renders these minerals unavailable for absorption. In view of the...

Phosphate (P) fixation to the soil solid phase is considered to be important for P availability and is often attributed to the strong binding of orthophosphate anion species. However, the fixation and subsequent immobilization of inositolhexa and pentaphosphate isomers (phytate) in soil is often much stronger than that of the orthosphate anion species. The result is that phytate is a main organ...

Dietary Ca has been reported to influence the amount of phytate excreted from broilers and affect the solubility of P in excreta. To address the effects of dietary Ca and phytate on P excretion, 12 dietary treatments were fed to broilers from 16 to 21 d of age. Treatments consisted of 3 levels of phytate P (0.10, 0.24, and 0.28%) and 4 levels of Ca (0.47, 0.70, 0.93, and 1.16%) in a randomized ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Dental calculus occurs as a consequence of supersaturation of saliva with respect to calcium phosphates. This mineralization of dental plaque can be delayed by the presence of crystallization inhibitors, such as pyrophosphate or bisphosphonates. Phytate inhibits brushite and hydroxyapatite crystallization and has the potential to prevent dental calculi formation. The ai...