Dietary Phytic Acid, Dephytinization, and Phytase Supplementation Alter Trace Element Bioavailability—A Narrative Review of Human Interventions
Thiresia Chondrou, Nikoleta Adamidi, Dimosthenis Lygouras, Simon A. Hirota, Odysseas Androutsos, Vaios Svolos · 2024
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Description
Thiresia Chondrou and co-authors review human trials on phytic acid, a compound in plant foods that locks up key minerals and keeps the body from taking them in. Enzymes that break the acid down can free those minerals, above all iron and zinc, whose lack is a public health problem in many lands.
The search of a major data base from 1990 to 2024 found forty studies that fit, plus two more from their reference lists. Trials tested enzyme pills, foods rich in the acid, and foods with the acid stripped out. The review sums up how each route changed the uptake of minerals in people.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Thiresia Chondrou, Nikoleta Adamidi, Dimosthenis Lygouras, Simon A. Hirota, Odysseas Androutsos, Vaios Svolos |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |