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Absorption of calcium from tortilla meals prepared from low-phytate maize

2005; Elsevier BV; Volume: 82; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/ajcn.82.1.84

ISSN

1938-3207

Autores

K. Michael Hambidge, Nancy F. Krebs, Jamie Westcott, Sian Lei, Leland V. Miller, Kevin L. Peterson, Victor Raboy,

Tópico(s)

Iron Metabolism and Disorders

Resumo

Background:Calcium fortification of maize has been achieved for millennia in Central America by the process of nixtamalization. Bioavailability of calcium is, however, compromised by phytate, which is present in large quantities in maize kernels and is only modestly reduced by nixtamalization.

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