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Rats were fed a purified egg white-based diet containing 5 ppm Cu and 2, 14, or 57 ppm Zn. Zinc and copper balances were determined for eight consecutive weekly trial periods. The zinc-deficient group almost ceased to gain weight and was in slightly negative zinc balance. Groups of rats fed 14 and 57 ppm Zn gained weight at equal rates. These groups were in strongly positive zinc balance for four weeks; thereafter, they fed 57 ppm Zn retained about two times as much zinc as did the group fed the diet containing 14 ppm Zn. All groups were in null or slightly negative copper balance throughout the trial. These results suggest that zinc accumulation may be homeostatically controlled to a level in excess of that needed for maximum growth.
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Petering, H.G., Giroux, E., Choudhury, H. et al. Consecutive zinc balance trials in growing rats. Biol Trace Elem Res 4, 221–232 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02783261
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