Component
Growth plate maturation
Growth plate maturation. Species, exposure and limitations are retained in each linked claim.
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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How nutrients reach it in more than one step
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What it does
Every recorded relationship this component is part of, grouped by its role. Plain wording comes first; the technical statement follows.
What acts on it
Growth-plate histology suggested enhanced maturation with boron supplementation in the chick feeding experiment.
Experimental context and source evidence
- evidence_span
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- experimental_model
- Factorial boron/vitamin-D3 feeding experiment in chicks
- exposure
- 26 days; basal boron ≤0.18 mg/kg with 0 or 1.4 mg/kg orthoboric acid supplement; vitamin D3 3.13 or 15.6 µg/kg
- limitations
- Animal developmental experiment. It did not demonstrate direct CYP24A1 inhibition or that boron replaces vitamin D in humans.
- nutrient_topic
- Boron research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Boron
- organism
- Day-old cockerel chicks
- plain_language
- The developing growth plate appeared to mature differently; this is an animal histology finding.
- primary_references
- [boron-p8140930] Dietary boron modifies the effects of vitamin D3 nutrition on indices of energy substrate utilization and mineral metabolism in the chick. (1994). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8140930/ DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.5650090206
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Plasma metabolism and growth plates
Boron: chemistry, nutrient interactions, low-intake studies and mechanistic uncertainties (2026-09-17) · lines 872–883
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Factorial boron/vitamin-D3 feeding experiment in chicks · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### boron-chick-growth-plate Growth-plate histology suggested enhanced maturation with boron supplementation in the chick feeding experiment. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Boron research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: The developing growth plate appeared to mature differently; this is an animal histology finding. organism: Day-old cockerel chicks tissue_or_cell_type: Plasma metabolism and growth plates experimental_model: Factorial boron/vitamin-D3 feeding experiment in chicks limitations: Animal developmental experiment. It did not demonstrate direct CYP24A1 inhibition or that boron replaces vitamin D in humans. exposure: 26 days; basal boron ≤0.18 mg/kg with 0 or 1.4 mg/kg orthoboric acid supplement; vitamin D3 3.13 or 15.6 µg/kg evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/boron-research/8140930.abstract.txt", "locator": "Exact primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "6f8776234acbd0efd282761bbbcb0f51b39d8882c651b3f64686a890f646d4fc", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1621, "text_sha256": "6f8776234acbd0efd282761bbbcb0f51b39d8882c651b3f64686a890f646d4fc"} [boron-p8140930] Dietary boron modifies the effects of vitamin D3 nutrition on indices of energy substrate utilization and mineral metabolism in the chick. (1994). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8140930/ DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.5650090206
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The events it takes part in
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Situations it appears in
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