Influence of Short-Chain Fructo-Oligosaccharides (sc-FOS) on Absorption of Cu, Zn, and Se in Healthy Postmenopausal Women
Véronique Ducros, PhD,
Josiane Arnaud, PhD,
Maha Tahiri, PhD,
Charles Coudray, PhD,
Francis Bornet, PhD, MD,
Corinne Bouteloup-Demange, PhD, MD,
Fred Brouns, PhD,
Yves Rayssiguier, PhD, FACN and
Anne Marie Roussel, PhD, FACN
Laboratoire Nutrition, Vieillissement et Maladies Cardiovasculaires, Université Joseph Fourier, Domaine de la Merci, 38700 La Tronche (V.D., J.A., A.M.R.)
Département de Biologie Intégrée, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, BP 217, 38043 Grenoble cedex 9 (V.D., J.A.)
Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine dAuvergne, Unité Maladies Métaboliques et Micronutriments, Centre de Recherche INRA Clermont-Ferrand/Theix, 63122 Saint Genès Champanelle (M.T., C.C., Y.R.)
Nutrihealth SA, 3 Avenue Paul Doumer, Rueil Malmaison, Paris (F.Bo)
Laboratoire de Nutrition Humaine, 58 rue Montalembert, 63009 Clermont-Ferrand (C.B.-D.), FRANCE
Cerestar R&D Center, Vilvoorde, Belgium, Nutrition & Toxicology Research Institute, Department of Human Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht (F.Br), THE NETHERLANDS

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Fig. 1. Schema of the study design. A double blind cross-over study with postmenopausal women acting as their own controls.
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Fig. 2. Mean and SD of (a) Cu, (b) Zn, and (c) Se absorption coefficients under placebo or sc-FOS. Interactions are shown graphically.
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