|
pubmed:abstractText |
Dietary ferritin, a protein cage around an iron mineral, is an underestimated source of bioavailable iron. Plant ferritin, the most common dietary ferritin, has not been studied. Iron from animal ferritin is absorbed as well as is iron from FeSO4 in women.
|
|
pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA. bllonnerdal@ucdavis.edu
|
