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Influence of Injected Caffeine on the Metabolism of Calcium and the Retention and Excretion of Sodium, Potassium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Zinc and Copper in Rats

Department of Medicine, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, NY 11501 and the Health Sciences Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11790

Mineral metabolism was studied by the metabolic balance technique in rats with and without administration of caffeine. Caffeine was injected subcutaneously each day at either 2.5 mg or 10 mg/100 g body weight for 2 wk before the balance studies. Urinary volume excretion was higher in the group given caffeine than in the control group, but the creatinine clearance was not different. Urinary excretion of potassium, sodium, inorganic phosphate, magnesium and calcium, but not of zinc and copper, was also higher in the rats given caffeine. The rank order of the difference was the same as the percent of ingested mineral excreted in urine in the absence of caffeine. Caffeine caused a negative balance of potassium, sodium and inorganic phosphate. There was no significant difference from the control levels and in the apparent metabolic balance of calcium and magnesium. The urinary and fecal excretion of zinc and copper were found to be unaffected by caffeine. It is suggested that chronic administration of caffeine may lead to a tendency toward deficiency of those minerals that are excreted primarily in urine.

KEY WORDS: • caffeine • minerals • electrolytes • metabolism • diuretics • calcium • phosphorus

Manuscript received 21 June 1985. Revision accepted 15 October 1985.

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