PMID- 7931725 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19941028 LR - 20190830 IS - 0301-4800 (Print) IS - 0301-4800 (Linking) VI - 40 IP - 2 DP - 1994 Apr TI - Effects of fructooligosaccharides on the absorption of magnesium in the magnesium-deficient rat model. PG - 171-80 AB - Magnesium (Mg) is an essential dietary element that plays important roles, acting as a cofactor of many enzymes. Rats fed a Mg-deficient diet have been reported to exhibit auricular and facial peripheral hyperemia and hemorrhage. Moreover, increased intake of calcium (Ca) or phosphorus (P) has been reported to impair apparent absorption of Mg. We tried to induce such typical inflammation in Mg-deficient rats by feeding low-Mg, high-Ca, and high-P diets. Increasing concentrations of Ca or P in the experimental diets significantly decreased the apparent absorption of Mg. And all rats fed the low-Mg (0.25 mg/g diet), high-Ca (10.4 mg/g diet), and high-P (12.0 mg/g diet) diet exhibited auricular and facial peripheral-hyperemia and hemorrhage. Then, we used the low-Mg, high-Ca, and high-P diet to investigate the effects of the fructooligosaccharides (FO) on absorption of Mg and skin inflammation. In the rats fed FO-containing (1 or 5%) diet, apparent absorption of Mg was significantly increased as compared with that of the control (FO 0%) group. In the rats fed a 5% FO-containing diet and sufficient Mg (0.50 mg/g), auricular and facial peripheral hyperemia and hemorrhage were significantly reduced. We concluded that FO increased the Mg absorption in rats fed a low-Mg, high-Ca, and high-P diet. Moreover, FO reduced inflammation in Mg-deficient rats, such as peripheral hyperemia and hemorrhage. FAU - Ohta, A AU - Ohta A AD - Bio Science Laboratories, Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd., Sakado, Japan. FAU - Baba, S AU - Baba S FAU - Takizawa, T AU - Takizawa T FAU - Adachi, T AU - Adachi T LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Japan TA - J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo) JT - Journal of nutritional science and vitaminology JID - 0402640 RN - 0 (Dietary Carbohydrates) RN - 0 (Oligosaccharides) RN - 13133-07-8 (fungitetraose) RN - 27YLU75U4W (Phosphorus) RN - I38ZP9992A (Magnesium) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Body Weight MH - Calcium/administration & dosage/metabolism MH - Diet MH - Dietary Carbohydrates/administration & dosage/*pharmacology MH - *Disease Models, Animal MH - Eating MH - Intestinal Absorption/*drug effects MH - Magnesium/administration & dosage/*metabolism MH - Magnesium Deficiency/*metabolism MH - Male MH - Oligosaccharides/administration & dosage/*pharmacology MH - Phosphorus/administration & dosage/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley EDAT- 1994/04/01 00:00 MHDA- 1994/04/01 00:01 CRDT- 1994/04/01 00:00 PHST- 1994/04/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1994/04/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1994/04/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.3177/jnsv.40.171 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo). 1994 Apr;40(2):171-80. doi: 10.3177/jnsv.40.171.