Iron bis-glycine chelate competes for the nonheme-iron absorption pathway

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 577-581

  Pizarro, Fernando ^a   Olivares, Manuel ^a   Hertrampf, Eva ^a   Mazariegos, Dora I ^a   Arredondo, Miguel ^a   Letelier, Angélica ^a   Gidi, Virginia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferrous bis glycine; Iron absorption; Iron amino acid chelate; Iron bioavailability; Iron fortification; Iron status

Indexed keywords

FERROUS SULFATE; GELATIN; GLYCINE; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON CHELATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CAPSULE; DUODENUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; IRON ABSORPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; STOMACH;

EID: 0036721413     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/76.3.577     Document Type: Article

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