Effect of a mixture of micronutrients, but not of bovine colostrum concentrate, on immune function parameters in healthy volunteers: a randomized placebo-controlled study

Table 1 Composition of study products¹. Content of the study products was determined at baseline and for micronutrients E and C and β-carotene also at week 6 and week 10. Of each group, both mango- and orange flavored products were analyzed. Data are presented as the contents of 2 packages, which represents a daily dose.

		Control		Colostrum		Micronutrients		Colostrum + Micronutrients
	target	orange	mango	orange	mango	orange	mango	orange	mango
Energy* (kJ)		628	627	626	625	625	624	623	622
Moisture (%)*		2.6 ± 0.1	2.25 ± 0.25	2.65 ± 0.15	3.15 ± 0.25	2.3 ± 0.1	2.5 ± 0.2	3.1 ± 0.1	3.1 ± 0.1
Fat (%)*		5.5 ± 0.1	5.45 ± 0.05	5.5 ± 0.1	5.9 ± 0.3	6.2 ± 0	6.4 ± 0.1	6.6 v 0.2	6.2 ± 0
Protein (%)*		17.3 ± 0.1	17.6 ± 0.1	16.9 ± 0.1	17.1 ± 0.25	17.1 ± 0.2	16.9 ± 0.15	16.9 ± 0.15	17.2 ± 0.3
IgG (mg)*²		-	-	422	466	-	-	430	416
Vitamin E (mg)
Baseline	200	-	-	-	-	333 ± 8	314 ± 1.4	296 ± 8.8	293 ± 1
week 6		-	-	-	-	272 ± 2.7	278 ± 4.2	268 ± 0.5	264 ± 0.3
week 10		-	-	-	-	281 ± 0.3	279 ± 2.8	290 ± 0.8	286 ± 0.2
β-carotene (mg)
Baseline	10	-	-	-	-	12.6 ± 0.2	13.2 ± 0.5	12.3 ± 0.4	12.2 ± 0.4
week 6		-	-	-	-	11.0 ± 0	10.8 ± 0.2	11.2 ± 0,2	10.8 ± 0.4
week 10		-	-	-	-	12.7 ± 0.4	12.9 ± 0.1	12.6 ± 0.2	12.1 ± 0.2
Vitamin C (mg)
Baseline	250	-	-	-	-	365 ± 8	351 ± 6	369 ± 6	385 ± 10
week 6		-	-	-	-	395 ± 15	381 ± 4	364 ± 17	345 ± 27
week 10		-	-	-	-	382 ± 6	386 ± 4	382 ± 5	390 ± 3
Zinc (mg) *	15	-	-	-	-	14.6 ± 2.04	15.3 ± 1.83	15.09 ± 0.3	16.04 ± 1.28

* parameters identified by * were determined at baseline only. - not determined.
¹ data are expressed as mean ± SD, except for (calculated) energy and IgG, which are given as means.
²IgG was determined by radioimmunodiffusion by Galagen Inc. Mean concentrations of 2 tests were reported without SD.

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