After 4 weeks of treatment, no significant abnormality was detected in routine blood tests, including hepatic and renal function, and concentrations of proteins and lipids. In conclusion, SPS of soy sauce act to enhance iron absorption by stabilizing gastrointestinal conditions (Kobayashi et al., ...
12 Many different molecules, that have not yet been identified, are needed to transport iron ions into and through intestinal cells to the blood. 3.02.2.1 Intestinal Iron Absorption The three main chemical forms of iron that enter the body from food are Fe2 +, heme, and ferritin, the ...
Results The median age of the patients was 54 years (range, 22–90 years), and 59 of 76 (78%) patients were females. Twenty-six females (44%) had menses. The causes of IDA could be distinguished in 4 groups: (a) blood losses (n = 31), from the GI tract (n = 18) ...
Offspring iron status will be measured at birth using cord blood, collected as part of the parent trial protocol, to assess fetal iron loading. Infant hemoglobin and iron indices will be determined via venipuncture at four months and by a heel stick at 12 months. Maternal iron status will be...
This results in iron sequestration in the enterocytes and the macro phages, a decrease in intestinal absorption, and therefore an inhibition of iron transfer to the blood.4,14,16 Hepcidin is eliminated in the urine, which means that its serum concentration increases during renal failure.3 ...
Serum ferritinandtransferrin saturationare blood tests that can detect iron overload, even before symptoms appear (Heli 2011; Fleming 2012; Muñoz 2011). Serum ferritin.This test measures the iron storage protein ferritin in the blood serum. While typically an intracellular storage protein, blood ...
However, this was not the case in the present population, because all the cord blood hsCRP results of the newborns were low. One further limitation of this study is that the population contained only a few (n ϭ 9) iron-deficient newborns according to the definition of iron deficiency as...
Umbilical cord or neonatal blood (obtained in the first 3 d of life) was obtained for evaluation of serum ferritin concentra- tions, determined in duplicate by chemoluminescent immuno- assay (Beckman Access Immunoassay System; Beckman Coulter, Brea, CA, U.S.A.) (4, 5). Interassay ...
Such conflicting results may in part be explained by the heterogeneity of subjects and methodology. Viscosity of whole blood varies according to shear rate (Fig. 1).Moreover, iron deficiency per se can also cause hyperviscosity-like symptoms such as headache, paresthesias, irritability, and ...
Infants and adults had significantly different results (p < 0.05), and the bioaccessibility of infants was approximately 20% lower than that of adults. This difference can be explained by the pH values and enzymatic activity that affected digestion, as discussed in Section 3.5. Marques et al. ...