title: Dependence of the solvent proton 1/T1 on the iron content in normal human serum.
abstract: The iron content dependence of the spin-lattice relaxation rates (1/T1) of solvent protons in healthy human serum has been studied by FT NMR at 60 MHz. A linear relationship has been established between 1/T1 and the iron content (with a correlation of 0.89). Our data suggest that Fe(III)-transferrin can contribute to the relaxation rate in healthy human serum.
authors.affiliation: NMR Facility, University of California, Davis 95616.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Osmanoglu
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000097:blood*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011522:Protons; D014168:Transferrin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011522:Protons; D014168:Transferrin; D007501:Iron