The effect of ascorbic acid on iron retention from a diet with predicted low iron bioavailability
(containing minimal meat and ascorbic acid) was investigated in iron-depleted …

The effect of ascorbic acid supplementation on apparent iron absorption was tested in
women with low iron stores. For 10 wk, 25 healthy nonpregnant women, aged 20–45 y with …

Background: Ascorbic acid has a pronounced enhancing effect on the absorption of dietary
nonheme iron when assessed by feeding single meals to fasting subjects. This contrasts …

The level of assimilation of dietary iron is believed to have an important influence on iron
status. To examine the effect of enhancing the availability of dietary iron on iron balance, 17 …

We measured the effect of calcium from food and supplement sources on whole-body
retention of 59Fe in 19 normal postmenopausal women. Each woman received a placebo …

(1) Ascorbic acid has a key role in the absorption of dietary nonheme iron.(2) Natural and
synthetic ascorbic acid have the same effect.(3) Ascorbic acid has a log/log dose-effect …

The effect of calcium supplement use on iron stores was examined in a randomized
controlled study in free-living, healthy, premenopausal women. Of 109 women who …

Background Erythorbic acid, a stereoisomer of ascorbic acid with similar physicochemical
properties, is widely used as an antioxidant in processed foods. Objectives The aims of the …

The effect of ascorbic acid on the absorption of non-heme iron was studied in 299 subjects.
Different meals in which the non-heme iron was labelled with two different radio-iron …

Downloaded from shown when giving iron supplements to iron-replete subjects for a long
time (18). Recent studies show a linear relation between the log of total amounts of iron …