Ascorbate enhances iron uptake into intestinal cells through formation of a FeCl3-ascorbate complex

Food Chemistry

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 281-285

  Thumser, Alfred E ^a   Rashed, Aswir Abd ^b   Sharp, Paul A ^c   Lodge, John K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ascorbate; Enterocyte iron uptake; Ferric iron

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FERRIC CHLORIDE; FERRIC ION;

ARTICLE; CELL KINETICS; COMPLEX FORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE CELL; IRON TRANSPORT;

EID: 77953286667     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.04.031     Document Type: Article

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