Review: The potential of the common bean (phaseolus vulgaris) as a vehicle for iron biofortification

Nutrients

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1144-1173

  Petry, Nicolai ^a   Boy, Erick ^b   Wirth, James P ^a   Hurrell, Richard F ^c  

^a GroundWork LLC   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Common bean; Ferritin; Iron biofortification; Phytic acid; Polyphenols; Stable iron isotope studies

Indexed keywords

PHYTIC ACID; POLYPHENOL; PROTEIN; IRON; IRON INTAKE;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH; HUMAN; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON BIOFORTIFICATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; MEAL; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; VEGETABLE BREEDING; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADULT; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; FORTIFIED FOOD; GENETICS; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; IRON INTAKE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHARMACOKINETICS; PLANT SEED;

PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; IRON ISOTOPES; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; PHYTIC ACID; POLYPHENOLS; SEEDS;

EID: 84922805018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu7021144     Document Type: Article

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