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A conventional balance study with 48 male weanling rats was conducted to determine true absorption and endogenous fecal excretion of manganese (Mn) in relation to dietary Mn supply, following the procedures of a previously adapted isotope dilution technique. After 10 d on a diet with 1.5 ppm Mn, eight animals each were assigned to diets containing 1.5, 4.5, 11.2, 35, 65, or 100 ppm Mn on a dry-matter basis. Three days later, each rat was given an intramuscular54Mn injection and kept on treatment for a balance period of 16 d.
Apparent Mn absorption assessed for the final 8 d, averaged 8.6 μg/d without significant treatment effects, although Mn intake ranged from 18.6 to 1200 μg/d, in direct relation to dietary Mn concentrations. Mean fecal excretion of endogenous Mn for the six treatments was 0.9, 2.7, 7.4, 11.0, 16.3, and 17.7 μg/d, respectively. These values delineate the rates to which true absorption exceeded apparent rates. True absorption, as percent of Mn intake, averaged 28.7, 15.9, 11.7, 6.1, 3.4, and 2.0, respectively, as compared with mean values of 23.9, 10.9, 6.2, 3.4, 1.2, and 0.5 for percent apparent absorption. It was concluded that both true absorption and endogenous fecal excretion markedly responded to Mn nutrition and that the reduction in the efficiency of true absorption was quantitatively the most significant homeostatic response for maintaining stable Mn concentrations in body tissues.
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Weigand, E., Kirchgessner, M. & Helbig, U. True absorption and endogenous fecal excretion of manganese in relation to its dietary supply in growing rats. Biol Trace Elem Res 10, 265–279 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02802395
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Index Entries
- Absorption, of manganese in rats, true and apparent
- excretion, of endogenous manganese
- excretion, of radio-manganese
- homeostasis, of manganese metabolism
- manganese, true and apparent absorption in rats
- manganese, endogenous excretion
- manganese, tissue concentrations of
- manganese, turnover
- rat, manganese absorption and excretion in
- manganese concentration of tissues
- turnover of tissue manganese in relation to dietary supply