Iron Absorption in Iron-Deficient Women, Who Received 65 mg Fe with an Indonesian Breakfast, Is Much Better from NaFe(III)EDTA than from Fe(II)SO4, with an Acceptable Increase of Plasma NTBI. A Randomized Clinical Trial

• Main Authors: Eka Ginanjar (Author), Lilik Indrawati (Author), Iswari Setianingsih (Author), Djumhana Atmakusumah (Author), Alida Harahap (Author), Ina S. Timan (Author), Joannes J. M. Marx (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Plasma non-transferrin-bound iron (NTBI) is potentially harmful due to the generation of free radicals that cause tissue damage in vascular and other diseases. Studies in iron-replete and iron-deficient subjects, receiving a single oral test dose of Fe(II)SO4 or NaFe(III)EDTA with water, revealed th...