ISSN:
0887-6134
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Fractional dietary Ca absorption, ‘a’, is measured by determining the ratio of two stable isotopic tracers, one of them orally (44Ca @ 0.2-0.5 mg/kg) and the other intravenously (42Ca @ 0.02-0.1 mg/kg). Thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS) is used to measure the perturbation of natural abundance isotope ratios (delta % excess). Typical sensitivity of the TIMS permits detection of a 2.5 delta % excess change from the natural Ca isotope ratio with relative standard deviations of about 0.5%. At sufficiently long times absorption becomes constant so that ‘a’ is determined by a product of constants and a measured ratio.
Additional Material:
5 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bms.1200141105
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