Plant Ferritin and Non-Heme Iron Nutrition in Humans.

Abstract

Dietary iron deficiency is the most common and widespread nutritional disorder in the world. This monograph discusses plant ferritin, an iron-rich, high molecular weight component of legumes that is one of the many dietary non-heme iron sources in human nutrition.

Citation

HarvestPlus Technical Monograph 1. 22 pp.

Plant Ferritin and Non-Heme Iron Nutrition in Humans.

Published 1 January 2004