Effect of nano-calcium-enriched milk on calcium metabolism in ovariectomized rats

J Med Food. 2008 Sep;11(3):454-9. doi: 10.1089/jmf.2007.0086.

Abstract

This study was designed to examine the effect of different kinds of calcium enrichment on serum and urine indices of mineral status in ovariectomized rats. Twenty-four 7-week-old Sprague-Dawley female rats were divided into four groups, ovariectomized, and fed diets containing the following: (1) Control, non-Ca-enriched milk; (2) OVX1, calcium carbonate-enriched milk; (3) OVX2, ionized Ca-enriched milk; and (4) OVX3, nano-Ca-enriched milk. After 18 weeks of feeding, the food efficiency ratio in the nano-Ca-fed group was significantly lower compared with those in the Control and OVX2 groups. There was no difference in serum and fecal Ca among the groups. The bone/total alkaline phosphatase ratio was significantly higher in rats fed milk enriched with nano-Ca (59%) and calcium carbonate (62%) than in control (44%) animals. Urinary Ca was the highest in the nano-Ca-enriched group; however, urinary excretions of deoxypyridinoline and hydroxyproline were significantly decreased in the nano-Ca-enriched group. The present results indicate that consumption of nano-Ca-enriched milk resulted in an increase of urinary excretion of calcium and a decrease in deoxypyridinoline and hydroxyproline in ovariectomized rats.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkaline Phosphatase / blood
  • Amino Acids / urine
  • Animals
  • Calcium / blood
  • Calcium / metabolism*
  • Calcium / urine
  • Calcium Carbonate / administration & dosage
  • Calcium Carbonate / pharmacology
  • Calcium, Dietary / administration & dosage
  • Calcium, Dietary / pharmacology*
  • Drug Delivery Systems
  • Female
  • Food, Fortified*
  • Hydroxyproline / urine
  • Nanoparticles*
  • Osteocalcin / blood
  • Ovariectomy
  • Phosphorus / blood
  • Phosphorus / urine
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Weight Gain / drug effects

Substances

  • Amino Acids
  • Calcium, Dietary
  • Osteocalcin
  • Phosphorus
  • deoxypyridinoline
  • Alkaline Phosphatase
  • Calcium Carbonate
  • Hydroxyproline
  • Calcium