Iron and citric acid: a fuzzy chemistry of ubiquitous biological relevance

Biometals. 2000 Mar;13(1):91-6. doi: 10.1023/a:1009225701332.

Abstract

This paper briefly presents a review concerning the species which can arise when iron salts and citric acid are mixed together. The data commented on are required for a correct interpretation of the chemical processes which play a paramount role in biology and in the biological studies involving iron-citrate complexes.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Citrates / chemistry
  • Citrates / metabolism
  • Citric Acid / chemistry*
  • Citric Acid / metabolism*
  • Ferric Compounds / chemistry
  • Ferric Compounds / metabolism
  • Ferrous Compounds / chemistry
  • Ferrous Compounds / metabolism
  • Iron / chemistry*
  • Iron / metabolism*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Ornithine / analogs & derivatives
  • Ornithine / chemistry
  • Ornithine / metabolism
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Siderophores / chemistry
  • Siderophores / metabolism

Substances

  • Citrates
  • Ferric Compounds
  • Ferrous Compounds
  • Siderophores
  • staphyloferrin A
  • rhizoferrin
  • Citric Acid
  • ferrous citrate
  • Iron
  • Ornithine