The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Zinc Content of Foodstuffs


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1 Department of Biochemistry, School of Tropical Medicine, Calcutta-700 073, India
     

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The recent discovery of the human zinc deficiency syndrome in the Middle East and the subsequent recommendation of the dietary allowance of zinc, have raised the mineral to a new plane of nutritional significance in man. As a result, interest in the zinc content of food articles and whole diets has been renewed in many countries.
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Santa Banerjee
Department of Biochemistry, School of Tropical Medicine, Calcutta-700 073, India
B. Pal
Department of Biochemistry, School of Tropical Medicine, Calcutta-700 073, India

Abstract


The recent discovery of the human zinc deficiency syndrome in the Middle East and the subsequent recommendation of the dietary allowance of zinc, have raised the mineral to a new plane of nutritional significance in man. As a result, interest in the zinc content of food articles and whole diets has been renewed in many countries.