Iron absorption from ferrous bisglycinate and ferric trisglycinate in whole maize is regulated by iron status

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1563-1569

  Bovell Benjamin, Adelia C ^b   Viteri, Fernando E ^b   Allen, Lindsay H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ferric trisglycinate; Ferrous bisglycinate; Iron absorption; Iron amino acid chelates; Iron bioavailability; Iron fortification; Iron status; Maize; Phytate; Serum ferritin

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FERROUS ION; GLYCINE DERIVATIVE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAIZE; MALE; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 0034045917     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/71.6.1563     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. World Health Organization. Malnutrition. The global picture. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2000.
2. West CE. Strategies to control nutritional anemia. Am J Clin Nutr 1996;64:789-90.
3. Allen LH, Ahluwalia N. Improving iron status through diet. The application of knowledge concerning dietary iron bioavailability in human populations. Arlington, VA: John Snow, Inc/OMNI, 1997. Available from Most at www.mostproject.org.
4. Cook JD, Layrisse M, Martinez-Torres C, Walker R, Monsen ER, Finch CA. Food iron absorption measured by an extrinsic tag. J Clin Invest 1972;51:805-15.
5. Gaillard T. Rancidity in cereal products. In: Allen JC, Hamilton RJ, eds. Rancidity in foods. New York: Elsevier Science Publishing Co, 1989:141-5.
6. Piñeda O, Ashmead HD, Perez JM, Lemus CP. Effectiveness of iron amino acid chelate on the treatment of iron deficiency anemia in adolescents. J Appl Nutr 1994;46:2-13.
7. Fairweather-Tait SJ, Fox TE, Wharf SG, Ghani NA. A preliminary study of the bioavailabilily of iron- and zinc-glycinate. Food Addit Contam 1992;9:97-01.
8. Langini S, Carbone N, Galdi M, et al. Ferric glycinate iron bioavailability for rats as determined by extrinsic radioisotopic labeling of infant formulas. Nutr Rep Int 1988;38:729-35
9. Olivares M, Pizarro F, Pineda O, Name J, Hertrampf E, Walter T. Milk inhibits and ascorbic acid favors ferrous bis-glycine chelate bioavailability in humans. J Nutr 1997;127:1407-11.
10. Stekel A, Olivares M, Pizarro F, Chadud P, Lopez I, Amar M. Absorption of fortification iron from milk formulas in infants. Am J Clin Nutr 1986;43:917-22.
11. Beutler E. How little we know about the absorption of iron. Am J Clin Nutr 1997;66:419-20.
12. Hallberg L, Hultén L, Gramatkovski E. Iron absorption from the whole diet in men: how effective is the regulation of iron absorption? Am J Clin Nutr 1997;66:347-56.
13. International Nutritional Anemia Consultative Group. Guidelines for the use of iron supplements to prevent and treat iron deficiency anemia. Washington, DC: INACG, 1998.
14. 55Fe in blood and other iron-containing materials by liquid scintillation counting preparation using microwave digestion and ion-exchange column purification of iron. Anal Biochem 1997;244:116-23.
15. Hallberg L. Food iron absorption. In: Cook JD, ed. Iron. London: Churchill Livingstone, 1980:116-33.
16. Taylor P, Martínez-Torres C, Leets I, et al. Relationship among iron absorption, percent saturation of plasma transferrin and serum ferritin concentration in humans. J Nutr 1988;118:1110-5.
17. Fox TE, Eagles J, Fairweather-Tait SJ. Bioavailability of iron glycine as a fortificant in infant foods. Am J Clin Nutr 1998;67:664-8.
18. Ugolev AM, Timofeeva NM, Smirnova LF, et al. Membrane and intracellular hydrolysis of peptides: differentiation, role and interrelations. In: Elliot K, O'Connor M, eds. Peptide transport and hydrolysis (CIBA Symposium). Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1977:221.
19. Bovell-Benjamin AC, Allen LH, Frankel EN, Guinard J-X. Sensory quality and lipid oxidation of maize porridge as affected by iron amino acid chelates and EDTA. J Food Sci 1999;64:371-6.
20. Bovell-Benjamin AC, Allen LH, Guinard J-X. Toddler's acceptance of whole-maize meal porridge fortified with ferrous bisglycinate. Food Qual Pref 1999;10:123-8.