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IRON ABSORPTION FROM THE INTESTINAL TRACT
Author(s) -
Cantrill Shirley,
Walsh RJ
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
australian journal of experimental biology and medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.999
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1440-1711
pISSN - 0004-945X
DOI - 10.1038/icb.1962.5
Subject(s) - polycythaemia , absorption (acoustics) , hypoxia (environmental) , chemistry , oxygen , medicine , endocrinology , materials science , organic chemistry , composite material
SUMMARY The mean haemoglobin value of a group of rats was increased by transfusions of concentrated red cells. Absorption from a test dose of iron‐59 wassignificantly less than the amount absorbed by untreated control animals. The reduced absorption may be a direct result of the polycythaemia or the result of the depressed erythropoietic activity following the transfusion. Rats exposed to an atmosphere with a reduced oxygen content absorbed more iron than did rats breathing air or air with 5 p.c. CO 2 . Hypoxia may act directly on the intestinal mucosal cell or through an intermediary compound.