Total Iron Absorption by Young Women from Iron-Biofortified Pearl Millet Composite Meals Is Double That from Regular Millet Meals but Less Than That from Post-Harvest Iron-Fortified Millet Meals123

Total Iron Absorption by Young Women from Iron-Biofortified Pearl Millet Composite Meals Is Double That from Regular Millet Meals but Less Than That from Post-Harvest Iron-Fortified Millet Meals123

Iron biofortification of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) is a promising approach to combat iron deficiency (ID) in the millet-consuming communities of developing countries. To evaluate the potential of iron-biofortified millet to provide additional bioavailable iron compared with regular millet an...

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Main Authors: Cercamondi, Colin I., Egli, Ines M., Mitchikpe, Evariste, Tossou, Felicien, Zeder, Christophe, Hounhouigan, Joseph D., Hurrell, Richard F.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: American Society for Nutrition 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3743271/

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