Transgenic rice is a source of iron for iron-depleted rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 957-960

  Murray Kolb, Laura E ^a   Takaiwa, Fumio ^b   Goto, Fumiyuki ^c   Yoshihara, Toshihiro ^c   Theil, Elizabeth C ^b   Beard, John L ^a,d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Iron deficiency; Rats; Rice

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FERROUS SULFATE; IRON;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RICE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036247436     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/132.5.957     Document Type: Article

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