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Potential for increasing the content and bioavailability of Fe, Zn and Ca in plants for human nutrition

2000-05-01

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This paper reviews the possibility and limits for increasing the content and bioavailability of iron (Fe), zinc (Zn) and calcium (Ca) in edible parts of staple crops, such as cereals, pulses, roots and tubers as a way to combat mineral deficiencies in human populations. Theoretically, this could be achieved by increasing the total level of Fe, Zn and Ca in the plant foods, while at the same time increasing the con...

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Literature Corpus work: 284299fc-0aaa-5a38-aa00-dd49cdc15e00
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0010(20000515)80:7<861::aid-jsfa601>3.0.co;2-p

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