Regular consumption of a complementary food fortified with ascorbic acid and ferrous fumarate or ferric pyrophosphate is as useful as ferrous sulfate in maintaining hemoglobin concentrations >105 g/L in young Bangladeshi children | Zendy

Lena Davidsson | Zendy; Shafiqual Alam Sarker | Zendy; Kazi Asif Jamil | Zendy; Shamima Sultana | Zendy; Richard F. Hurrell | Zendy

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Regular consumption of a complementary food fortified with ascorbic acid and ferrous fumarate or ferric pyrophosphate is as useful as ferrous sulfate in maintaining hemoglobin concentrations >105 g/L in young Bangladeshi children

Author(s) -

Lena Davidsson,

Shafiqual Alam Sarker,

Kazi Asif Jamil,

Shamima Sultana,

Richard F. Hurrell

Publication year - 2009

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 - 10.3945/ajcn.2008.27353

Subject(s) - ferrous , hemoglobin , chemistry , ascorbic acid , sulfate , ferritin , ferric , food science , zoology , biochemistry , inorganic chemistry , biology , organic chemistry

Non-water-soluble iron compounds have been reported to be less well absorbed than ferrous sulfate in young children, and concern has been raised about their usefulness as food fortificants.

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