Component
Candidate biomarkers during dietary zinc adaptation
Candidate biomarkers during dietary zinc adaptation; read each linked claim for the measured context and model.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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Other things that act on it
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What it does
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What acts on it
Erythrocyte osmotic fragility, in-vitro erythrocyte 65Zn uptake, and leukocyte ZIP1 and ZnT1 expression did not respond to dietary zinc content in these experiments.
Experimental context and source evidence
- cross_nutrient
- Zinc exposure and the specifically measured response.
- evidence_location
- Indexed primary abstract.
- evidence_span
- {"source_cache": "artifacts/zinc-clinical-sources/hunt2008.abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary indexed abstract; complete local file", "file_sha256": "da28b136fa7271f3406a8cf55cc3e613a5e8749578c1ee662057ebe564df8995", "utf8_bytes": 1647}
- experimental_model
- Three controlled dietary experiments in 109 healthy adults
- exposure
- Ten diets: 4–29 mg zinc/day, phytate:zinc molar ratios 2–7 or 15–23, before and after 4 or 8 weeks.
- limitations
- Dietary restriction and adaptation are not proof of clinical zinc deficiency. The reported 92% was an upper observed absorption value, not a mean.
- nutrient_topic
- Zinc research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Zinc
- organism
- Homo sapiens
- plain_language
- Several candidate blood tests missed the dietary differences.
- primary_references
- [zn-clin-hunt2008] Adaptation in human zinc absorption as influenced by dietary zinc and bioavailability. (2008). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18469257/ DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/87.5.1336
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Intestinal absorption and candidate blood biomarkers
Zinc: transport, enzyme loading, deficiency and nutrient interactions (2026-09-17) · lines 1332–1345
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Three controlled dietary experiments in 109 healthy adults · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### zn-clin-adaptation-markers Erythrocyte osmotic fragility, in-vitro erythrocyte 65Zn uptake, and leukocyte ZIP1 and ZnT1 expression did not respond to dietary zinc content in these experiments. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Zinc research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: Several candidate blood tests missed the dietary differences. organism: Homo sapiens tissue_or_cell_type: Intestinal absorption and candidate blood biomarkers experimental_model: Three controlled dietary experiments in 109 healthy adults limitations: Dietary restriction and adaptation are not proof of clinical zinc deficiency. The reported 92% was an upper observed absorption value, not a mean. exposure: Ten diets: 4–29 mg zinc/day, phytate:zinc molar ratios 2–7 or 15–23, before and after 4 or 8 weeks. cross_nutrient: Zinc exposure and the specifically measured response. evidence_location: Indexed primary abstract. evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/zinc-clinical-sources/hunt2008.abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary indexed abstract; complete local file", "file_sha256": "da28b136fa7271f3406a8cf55cc3e613a5e8749578c1ee662057ebe564df8995", "utf8_bytes": 1647} [zn-clin-hunt2008] Adaptation in human zinc absorption as influenced by dietary zinc and bioavailability. (2008). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18469257/ DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/87.5.1336
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