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HÆMOGLOBIN AS A SOURCE OF IRON IN NUTRITION
Author(s) -
BRADING ILSE,
KALDOR I.,
GEORGE E. P.
Publication year - 1957
Publication title -
australasian annals of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0571-9283
DOI - 10.1111/imj.1957.6.3.247
Subject(s) - hemoglobin , stomach , jejunum , iron isotopes , chemistry , medicine , isotope , physics , quantum mechanics
SUMMARY The absorption of iron from haemoglobin introduced into the gastro‐intestinal tract was investigated in rats. It was found that a greater amount of iron was absorbed from heat‐denatured hæmoglobin than from hæmoglobin administered in its native state. Approximately half as much was absorbed from hæmoglobin administered into the jejunum as from hæmoglobin administered into the stomach.