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:1.4.4.3 App!rent !bsorprior ot iror
Aoalysis ofvei&e snowing lppenr ,b$rytun ot iDn hs b@r givcn in Tabtc
71. Tl. b..thenls, f.edjng p.riodt od lh.n inc@id q@ round !o h.v€ ejsnitionr
e[.cr on rh. .pp.rcnr lberption ol ion jn nalc rsrs ,.d dlr.Eht fonifiad whol. *lur
4dtr6, Ovemtt .r.as qhibircd thc norimur irun absorpr@n toi rn. t'qunot Tr sd
ninimum lor b..tmenr 't0 (IjB-S8). tdtrdcrion belren feadins tio€ md ,orJrcnr
. (Tcbt.77) cxpds.d lhe hish.$ imi .bsoDrion tbl T? .| !9lh dtry of lhe &€djns .in. 6d
rhe roGr lur Tr !t 7th d!y,
4.4.4.4 Pe...or rbsorption of iron
The n ti$iql @tysis in Tabte ?2 showed hisht, sisnifictur.lTqr ol selr,
rr{trn.nrs lnd dcir inl@crion otr % {bsrprion of non h n.le ftrs ted dilleEft fonified
whole whsl floor di.b Th. rsh|nt Tr (N.F.EOTA) gav. rhc hrgrrer v.l!d rir ircn
.blorplioi (%) whiL T, (.lencnilt iren), T. (zno) .nd ti Glcm.nrrt ibn wirh zno)
slrowed llle loest kotr ab$Arion (yt i, hlle dc (fis_ s9).Ite inrocriv. .rl*r of
fe.dinS iim. ed tEsrnent pErcmed h Tabtc 7s displryed th. hiBhcs. ion lb$qxion
(o/,) for Tr ad T. !t ?th atul t4th day of teedirg Fridts cspdtivetr, whih T, d 42,{
day depicr.d ninimum vrluc for % ob$prio. otioD ir n.l. Ets.lt L evjdqt fom rie
In 6|uE dut elotiv€ biorvait.biliry ofNaFcEDTA is ma,itord rljar of.l.hdial iM.
vir.ri (1t95) sorai Fr cofpsEd ro odr.r tonifisrs, NqFeEDTA h bctter.berbed
sd hor snrniv. io nEnr f@d imn inhibiroB. TtE fndings of rhe presenr shrdy fu|l,
suppod this 6 hdimM imn lb$prion (%) h mote EL, ws @rd.d in rbc h.giMinS
old. l€.ding pqiod tor Tr goup t€d N.FeEDTA. S,mrls esutr! $d obrdD.rt for,t.
diec Lhd loo @nrain.d NateLDrA on t4rh ,toy of tcedi4 p.nods r labte 77). tl is
Sencmlly believed lh.t ion is absrh.{t in rtE bod} s huch c is ned.d by rh. bod, md
iron ion3. 3E.u ir rhc n'on inlporbn Jderm,n4r or rhe nr. of non h.h io
.horption. rbw.v*, r.croE pdenl in rhc inretihal lurq.xd s powful tnt;.ne
ova rhe bo