Zinc Binding: A Difference Between Human and Bovine Milk

Abstract
Gel chromatography indicated that most of the Zn in cow''s milk was associated with high MW fractions, whereas Zn in human milk was associated with low MW fractions. A species difference in Zn-binding ligands may explain why symptoms of the genetic disorder of Zn metabolism, acrodermatitis enteropathica, can be alleviated by feeding human but not cow''s milk.

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