Iron deficiency up-regulates iron absorption from ferrous sulphate but not ferric pyrophosphate and consequently food fortification with ferrous sulphate has relatively greater efficacy in iron-deficient individuals

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1245-1250

  Zimmermann, Michael B ^a,b   Biebinger, Ralf ^a,c   Egli, Ines ^a   Zeder, Christophe ^a   Hurrell, Richard F ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Absorption; Children; Efficacy; Fortification; Iron deficiency

Indexed keywords

FERRIC PYROPHOSPHATE; FERROUS SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IONIZATION; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; SOLUBILITY; UPREGULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; DIPHOSPHATES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINES; IODINE; IRON; IRON ISOTOPES; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; SOLUBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82455172027     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510004903     Document Type: Article

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