Article
Nutritional Aspects of Iron in Health and Disease
2023-04-24
Abstract excerpt
Dietary iron assimilation is critical for health and essential to prevent iron deficient states and related comorbidities, such as anemia. The bioavailability of iron is limited, while its absorption and metabolism are tightly controlled to keep body iron stores within a relatively narrow range. Genetic inactivation of the iron hormone hepcidin causes hereditary hemochromatosis, an endocrine disorder of iron overl...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 23ba11e1-dabc-5637-9a05-99c1b717b283
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202304.0859.v1
