Table 4 |
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| Ferritin concentrations in Caco-2 cells exposed to samples of maize only and maize-based diet digests; and Fe concentrations in samples of maize only and maize-based diet digests1 | ||
| Tested sample | Caco-2 Cell Ferritin2, ng/mg of total protein | Fe concentration3, μg/g sample |
| High Fe maize only | 22.51±0.9c | 20.9 ±0.2c |
| Low Fe maize only | 13.40 ±0.6d | 20.0 ±0.9c |
| "High + Fe" diet | 74.36 ±1.6a | 65.3 ±0.9a |
| "Low + Fe" diet | 56.89 ±1.1b | 66.1 ±2.4a |
| "High" diet | 6.55 ±0.5e | 24.5 ±1.0b |
| "Low" Diet | 1.31 ±0.4f | 23.6 ±0.2bc |
1Values are means ± SEM, n = 6.
a,b,c,d,e,f Within a column (ferritin or Fe concentrations), means without a common letter differ, P < 0.05.
2Caco-2 bioassay procedures and preparation of the digested samples are described in the materials and methods section.
3Dietary iron concentrations analysis is described in the materials and methods section.
Tako et al. Nutrition Journal 2013 12:3 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-12-3
