<b>NUTRITIONAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ZINC AND BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID (BCAA) SUPPLEMENT IN RATS: A MULTICOMPARTMENT MODELING APPROACH</b>
<p align="justify">The influence of supplementary-branched chain amino acids (BCAA) on 65Zn metabolism in rats was investigated in this study.Nutritional indicators of Zn, as absorption, body retention and secretion, were estimated using a multicompartment model.Two groups of eight male rats were force-fed a zinc-adequate diet (control group)