Plant ferritin—a source of iron to prevent its deficiency

Nutrients

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1184-1201

  Zielińska Dawidziak, Magdalena ^a  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bioactive food; Biofortified plants; Ferritin; Iron

Indexed keywords

APOFERRITIN; BREAST CANCER RESISTANCE PROTEIN; DODECAMERIC MINIFERRITIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTOFERRIN; MYOGLOBIN; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 2; PHYTOFERRITIN; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PROTON COUPLED FOLATE TRANSPORTER; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; IRON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOFORTIFICATION; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; BIOTIC STRESS; CELL PROTECTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENDOCYTOSIS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON OVERLOAD; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RISK FACTOR; TOXICITY TESTING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DEFICIENCY; DIET; EDIBLE PLANT; FABACEAE; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; DIET; FABACEAE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; IRON; PLANTS, EDIBLE; SEEDS;

EID: 84922979227     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu7021184     Document Type: Article

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