Zinc Absorption From Fortified Water

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

18

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

June 30, 2012

Primary Completion Date

August 31, 2012

Study Completion Date

September 30, 2012

Conditions
Fractional Absorption of Zinc (Focus of the Study)
Interventions
DEVICE

LSF water without meal

Composition of test meal: 67Zn-labelled LSF-fortified water (1 mg 67Zn as ZnSO4 + 1 mg of eluted Zn from LSF device of natural isotopic composition)

DEVICE

LSF water and inhibitory meal

Composition of test meal: Maize porridge and 67Zn-labelled LSF-fortified water (1 mg 67Zn as ZnSO4 + 0.44 mg of eluted Zn from LSF device of natural isotopic composition)

OTHER

Fortified inhibitory meal with water

Composition of test meal: Maize porridge (1 mg 67Zn as ZnSO4 + 0.44 mg Zn as ZnSO4 of natural isotopic composition) and high purity water

Trial Locations (1)

8091

Clinical Trials Center, University Hospital, Zurich

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

University of Zurich

OTHER

lead

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

OTHER

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