Iron Metabolism in Infants
Auteur : Lonnerdal Bo
There is a critical need for iron intake during the first period of life. The growing infant requires iron to synthesize hemoglobin and to supply expanding tissues with iron-containing enzymes. A lack of iron will eventually lead to iron deficiency anemia, one of the most common single nutrient deficiencies in the world. Today, detailed information has increased our understanding of iron bioavailability from different dietary sources, uptake mechanisms of iron into the small intestinal mucosa for transport to hepatocytes and erythropoietic cells and subsequent receptor mediated cellular acquisition. Metabolic effects of iron deficiency have also been investigated in several tissues.
This comprehensive text integrates recent information and address it from a nutritional perspective. It takes this focus because of the increased knowledge on the interrelationship between iron and other essential nutrients. Specific problems of iron nutriture and oxidant stress in prematurely born infants are also addressed in this informative new text
Date de parution : 12-2020
17.8x25.4 cm
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Mots-clés :
Serum Ferritin; Newborn infant; Human Milk; Iron nutriture; Iron Absorption; Iron bioavailability; Iron Deficiency; Hemoglobin synthesis; Iron Deficiency Anemia; Iron metabolism; Cow’s Milk; Transferrin Saturation; Transferrin Iron Saturation; Serum Ferritin Concentration; Low Birth Weight Infants; Studying Iron Absorption; Infant Cereals; Carbonyl Iron; Preterm Infants; Milk Iron; Serum Ferritin Values; Hemoglobin Concentration; Ferric Pyrophosphate; Iron Deficient Infants; Diferric Transferrin; Milk Study; Combatting Iron Deficiency; Tissue Iron Deficiency; Human Transferrin; Ferric Saccharate