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MEACHAM, SUSAN - 5450-20-00 |
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Hunt, Curtiss |
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Submitted to: Journal of Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Publication Type: Abstract Only Publication Acceptance Date: 4/14/1996 Publication Date: N/A Citation: N/A Interpretive Summary: Technical Abstract: The United States estimated safe and adequate daily dietary intakes (ESADDI) (mcg/d) of molybdenum (Mo) are for children 1-3 yr, 25-50; for adolescents, 75-200; and for adults, 75-250. The 234 most commonly consumed American foods, as defined by the FDA Total Diet Study, were analyzed for Mo content; also analyzed were composite diets representative of toddler (TOD, 2 y), adolescent (ADL, 14-16 y), and elderly (ELD, 60-65 y) females constructed from those foods. All foods were purchased in Grand Forks, ND and prepared for wet weight analysis by inductively- coupled argon plasma spectroscopy. The foods highest in Mo content (mcg/g) were: cow peas (3.49 +/- 0.24), liver (1.23 +/- 0.19), frozen lima beans (1.11 +/- 0.03), and navy beans (1.10 +/- 0.06). Each of the composite diets contained 0.09 - 0.10 mcg Mo/g. Estimated total Mo intakes were 133, 188 and 230 mcg/d for TOD, ADL, and ELD females, respectively. On the basis of average body weights, TOD consumed 2.7 times more Mo than either the ADL or ELD females. The findings indicate that adolescent and elderly American females consume Mo in amounts similar to the ESADDIs for those age groups whereas American toddlers consume 3-5 times the Mo ESADDI for toddlers. |
