Geophagy among East African Chimpanzees: consumed soils provide protection from plant secondary compounds and bioavailable iron - Pebsworth, Paula A.; Hillier, Stephen; Wendler, Renate; Glahn, Ray; Ta, Chieu Anh Kim; Arnason, John T.; Young, Sera L. (Environmental geochemistry and health, 2019)
Keywords: Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena - physiology; Animals; Behavioral Sciences Biology; Bioavailability; Biological Availability; Caco-2 Cells; Calcium; cameras; Chimpanzees; Clay; Clay minerals; Clay soils; diet; Dietary minerals; Drug self-administration; Earth; Earth and Environmental Science; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Etologi; Female; forest reserves; Forests; Gallic acid; Geochemistry; Geokemi; geophagia; Geophagy; Humans; Iron; Iron - pharmacokinetics; Magnesium; Male; Micronutrients; Minerals; Minerals - analysis; Nutrient availability; Original Paper; Pan troglodytes; Phenolic compounds; Phenols; Physiology; Pica; Plants (botany); Plants - chemistry; Plants - metabolism; Protection; Public Health; sand; Secondary Metabolism; Soil; Soil - chemistry; Soil conditions; soil sampling; Soil Science & Conservation; Soils; Terrestrial Pollution; Toxins; trees; Uganda; Uganda; Primates; Micronutrients; Simulated digestion; Soil eating; Detoxification