Table 4 Zn bioavailability in the brown rice of cross-bred progenies
Progeny | Bioaccessibility (%) | Efficiency (%) | Bioavailable Zn (μg/g grain) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Retention | Transport | Zn uptake | |||
LLZ-type | 30.47 ± 1.01a | 6.55 ± 0.78c | 10.45 ± 0.37c | 17.01 ± 0. 82c | 2.29 ± 0.13b |
Lpa-type | 24.13 ± 1.37b | 13.78 ± 0.47a | 16.70 ± 0.49a | 30.48 ± 1.76a | 1.58 ± 0.05c |
DM-type | 28.34 ± 1.18a | 10.16 ± 1.23b | 12.89 ± 0.44b | 23.05 ± 1.22b | 3.21 ± 0.14a |
Wild-type | 20.80 ± 0.88b | 5.15 ± 1.04c | 8.42 ± 0.53d | 13.58 ± 1.21d | 0.67 ± 0.06d |