[Iron metabolism: current concepts of an essential micronutrient]. 2003

Jose Boccio, and Jimena Salgueiro, and Alexis Lysionek, and Marcela Zubillaga, and Cinthia Goldman, and Ricardo Weill, and Ricardo Caro
Laboratorio de Radioisótopos, Laboratorio de Isótopos Estables Aplicados a Biología y Medicina, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Iron is an essential micronutrient involved in multiple biochemical and physiological process. In this review we discuss the most relevant aspect of its metabolism in order to reach a better comprehension of the relevant roll that this micronutrient plays in human health.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007501 Iron A metallic element with atomic symbol Fe, atomic number 26, and atomic weight 55.85. It is an essential constituent of HEMOGLOBINS; CYTOCHROMES; and IRON-BINDING PROTEINS. It plays a role in cellular redox reactions and in the transport of OXYGEN. Iron-56,Iron 56
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000042 Absorption The physical or physiological processes by which substances, tissue, cells, etc. take up or take in other substances or energy.
D018977 Micronutrients Essential dietary elements or organic compounds that are required in only small quantities for normal physiologic processes to occur. Micronutrient

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