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Gastric Factors Influencing Iron Absorption in Anaemic Patients
Author(s) -
Jacobs A.,
Rhodes J.,
Eakins J. D.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1600-0609
pISSN - 0036-553X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0609.1967.tb01607.x
Subject(s) - absorption (acoustics) , meal , ferric , gastroenterology , chemistry , stomach , medicine , food science , inorganic chemistry , materials science , composite material
The absorption of a tracer dose of ferric citrate given to normal human subjects together with a meal was not increased when gastric juice from an anaemic patient was given simultaneously. The increase in iron absorption which occurs in achlorhydric anaemic patients when gastric juice from another anaemic patient is given appears to be due to the acid content of the gastric juice. These findings do not support the hypothesis that there is a substance in gastric juice other than acid which influences iron absorption.