Inhibitory effects of dietary calcium on the initial uptake and subsequent retention of heme and nonheme iron in humans: comparisons using an intestinal lavage method | Zendy

Zamzam K. Roughead | Zendy; Carol A Zito | Zendy; Janet R. Hunt | Zendy

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Inhibitory effects of dietary calcium on the initial uptake and subsequent retention of heme and nonheme iron in humans: comparisons using an intestinal lavage method

Author(s) -

Zamzam K. Roughead,

Carol A Zito,

Janet R. Hunt

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

american journal of clinical nutrition

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1938-3207

pISSN - 0002-9165

DOI - 10.1093/ajcn.82.3.589

Subject(s) - bioavailability , calcium , chemistry , heme , iron deficiency , absorption (acoustics) , biochemistry , pharmacology , medicine , anemia , physics , organic chemistry , acoustics , enzyme

Calcium is the only reported dietary inhibitor of both heme- and nonheme-iron absorption. It has been proposed that the 2 forms of iron enter a common pool in the enterocyte and that calcium inhibits the serosal transfer of iron into blood.

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