Gold kiwifruit consumed with an iron-fortified breakfast cereal meal improves iron status in women with low iron stores: A 16-week randomised controlled trial

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-109

  Beck, Kathryn ^a   Conlon, Cathryn A ^a   Kruger, Rozanne ^a   Coad, Jane ^a   Stonehouse, Welma ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Iron status; Kiwifruit

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BANANA; BIOCHEMISTRY; CEREAL; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; GOLD KIWIFRUIT; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; KIWIFRUIT; NAUSEA; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPPLEMENTATION;

ACTINIDIA; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAROTENOIDS; CEREALS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; FRUIT; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; MUSA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA;

EID: 79951642722     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510003144     Document Type: Article

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