Phytate in foods and significance for humans: Food sources, intake, processing, bioavailability, protective role and analysis

What is it about?

Phytate is a micronutrient tht inprove human healt. Beneficial activities of dietary phytate such as its effects on pathological calcification and kidney stone formation are reported together with their antioxidative property.

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Why is it important?

Phytate has a similar activity like bisphosphonates, is a micronutrient from the diet that is found in the seeds of cereals, legumes, and nuts. Their excess is easily metabolized by hydrolisis in the body. Phytate has their activity on pathological calcification (as renal lithiasis) and osteoporosis with a similar mechanism to the bisphosphonates.