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Riboflavin deficiency and the effects on iron utilization and loss

Wednesday, August 29, 2012 16:50
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Vitamin B2  (Riboflavin) is one of the member of vitamin B complexfoubnd abundantly in Venison, Yogurt, Soybeans, Milk,Mushrooms, Spinach,  Tempeh etc.. It plays an important role in converting foods (fats, ketone bodies, carbohydrates, and proteins) to energy.

B. Vitamin B2  (Riboflavin)
Riboflavin deficiency and the effects on iron utilization and loss
in the study of animals fed on a test meal extrinsically labelled with 59Fe and whole-body radioactivity measured for 15 d, showed that riboflavin deficiency was associated with a significant proliferative response of the duodenal crypts of the small intestine. These observations may explain the enhanced Fe loss in riboflavin deficiency(9).

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(9) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1878361

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