Disclaimer: The information contained herein should NOT be used as a substitute for the advice of an appropriately qualified and licensed physician or other health care provider. The tool is not a substitute for the care provided… (more)
“Like transferrin of the blood plasma, lactoferrin, the iron-containing protein of human milk, saliva, tears, seminal plasma and of neutrophilic leukocytes tightly binds two ferric ions.”
“ Fe acquisition was dramatically increased by cell exposure to various metals including Ga3+, Gd3+, Al3+, Fe3+ , La3+, Zr4+, Sn4+, Cu2+, and Zn2+ by a process that was reversible.”
“c) T2 effect of iron in vitro--both the ferric and ferrous iron phantoms showed a decreased T2 value in the in vivo concentration range of iron obtained from the postmortem studies.”
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology • 1993 | View Paper
“Because of the improved relaxivity of iron phytate, the concentration of iron could be reduced substantially relative to free ferric iron (eg, ferric chloride or ferric ammonium citrate).”
Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI • 1993 | View Paper
“It is postulated that Fe++ binding, particularly by premicellar bile salts, may play an important physiologic role in increasing iron solubility within the intestinal lumen, thus increasing iron absorption.”
“The findings demonstrated that exposure to a sublethal concentration of ferric iron (Fe3+) increased Fe contents in both the whole body and head region of developing zebrafish.”
“Three hour and 24-hour exposures of such cultures to Fe(III) reveal significant differential effects on both glial and neuronal cell survival linked to neurotoxicity of the specific yet variably composed complex forms of iron.”