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Dietary titanium and infant growth

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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.

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    Present address: School of Public Health, University of California, Davis, CA

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  1. The Gibson Institute for Medical Research, Santa Rosa, CA

    Chad W. Schwietert, Safie Yaghoubi & John P. McCue

  2. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA

    Chad W. Schwietert & Nancy C. Gerber

  3. Biology Department, Dominican University, San Rafael, CA

    Safie Yaghoubi

  4. Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY

    James J. McSharry

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Schwietert, C.W., Yaghoubi, S., Gerber, N.C. et al. Dietary titanium and infant growth. Biol Trace Elem Res 83, 149–167 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1385/BTER:83:2:149

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