Body and tissue growth in mice fed on a zinc supplemented faba bean diet [Vicia faba]
1990
Macarulla, M.T. | Marcos, R. | Martinez, J.A. | Larralde, J. (University of Navarra (Spain). Department of Physiology and Nutrition)
An experiment was conducted on male swiss 4-weeks old mice to evaluate, in a zinc sensitive model, the influence of diets containing Vicia faba as source of protein on animal growth and tissue nucleic acid content along with the study of the possible involvement of zinc bioavailability in cell growth patterns. An impairment in growth rate was observed in faba bean fed mice, which was accompanied by changes in tissue growth. Some of the adverse effects found in muscle were partially improved after zinc supplementation. It is suggested that phytate and other chelating agents may be involved in the antinutritional outcome of diets containing Vicia faba as source of protein
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