title: Study on iron availability from prepared soybean sprouts using an iron-deficient rat model.
abstract: During soya seeds germination in FeSO(4) solutions their phytoferritin content is multiplied. Prepared soybean sprouts have been proposed as a safe and easily available source of iron supplementation. The preparation was compared with FeSO(4) and ferritin isolates, using rats with induced iron deficiency anaemia. After the end of the 2-week supplementation experiment, it was observed that no statistically significant differences in haemoglobin concentration, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular haemoglobin, and mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration existed between those animals supplemented with sprouts enriched in ferritin, ferritin isolate and FeSO(4) and healthy animals forming the control group. Moreover, the examined preparation had a beneficial influence on the recreation of ferritin reserves in both the liver and the blood serum, and also did not induce negative alterations in general growth parameters of animals. Use of an easily obtainable ferritin iron source may be a profitable alternative in supplementation due to its wide availability and food preservative properties.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Biochemistry and Analysis, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Mazowiecka 48, 60-623 Poznań, Poland. mzd@up.poznan.pl
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zielińska-Dawidziak
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hertig
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Piasecka-Kwiatkowska
authors.forename: Halina
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Staniek
authors.forename: Krzysztof W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Nowak
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Twardowski
mesh_terms: D018798:Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D019587:Dietary Supplements / Q000032:analysis; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005293:Ferritins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018525:Germination; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012639:Seeds / Q000737:chemistry / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D013025:Glycine max / Q000737:chemistry / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005293:Ferritins; D007501:Iron