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Dietary titanium and infant growth |
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| Authors: | Chad W. Schwietert Safie Yaghoubi Nancy C. Gerber James J. McSharry John P. McCue |
| Affiliation: | (1) The Gibson Institute for Medical Research, Santa Rosa, CA;(2) Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA;(3) Biology Department, Dominican University, San Rafael, CA;(4) Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY;(5) Present address: School of Public Health, University of California, Davis, CA |
| Abstract: | Dietary titanium as TiO2+ improved animal growth during infancy while inhibiting the metabolism of intestinal bacteria. TiO2+ was also found capable of inhibiting human cytomegalovirus in tissue culture. These and other findings indicate TiO2+ improves infant growth by acting as an anti-bacterial and antiviral agent. The behavior of TiO2+ stands in contrast to that of TiO2, which is inert. |
| Keywords: | Titanium subinhibitory concentration intestinal bacteria human cytomegalovirus breast milk infant growth |
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