Iron bis-glycine chelate competes for the nonheme-iron absorption pathway

Am J Clin Nutr. 2003 Sep;78(3):495-6; author reply 496. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/78.3.495.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Binding, Competitive
  • Biological Availability
  • Cations, Divalent
  • Ferrous Compounds / metabolism
  • Gastric Acid
  • Glycine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Glycine / metabolism*
  • Heme
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Absorption
  • Intestinal Mucosa
  • Iron / metabolism*

Substances

  • Cations, Divalent
  • Ferrous Compounds
  • iron-glycine chelate
  • ferrous sulfate
  • Heme
  • Iron
  • Glycine