Pectin with low molecular weight and high degree of esterification increases absorption of 58Fe in growing rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1883-1890

  Kim, Meehye ^a,b   Atallah, Mokhtar T ^a   Amarasiriwardena, Chitra ^a   Barnes, Ramon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

58Fe; ferrous; fiber; iron absorption; pectin; rats

Indexed keywords

FERROUS SULFATE; IRON; PECTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ESTERIFICATION; HEMATOCRIT; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON DEFICIENCY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; RAT; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ABSORPTION; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; DIET; ERYTHROCYTES; ESTERIFICATION; IRON; IRON ISOTOPES; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PECTINS; RATS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029987685     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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