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Parent topics
- Nutrition [r]: The study of foods and nutrients and their effects on health, growth and development of any individual. [e]
Subtopics
Biochemistry
- Ferritin [r]: An intracellular protein-iron complex in which iron reserves are stored [e]
- Transferrin [r]: A protein that carries iron, absorbed in the gastrointestinal tracts, to the capillaies, and released into the bloodstream [e]
- Heme [r]: Deep red, nonprotein, ferrous molecule that binds with proteins as a cofactor or prosthetic group to form the haemoproteins. [e]
- Heme transporter [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Hemoglobin [r]: Iron-containing allosteric protein in erythrocytes of vertebrates, consisting of about 6 percent heme and 94 percent globin; also the clinical measurement of hemoglobin per volume of whole blood, varying with age and sex [e]
Uses
- Erythropoesis [r]: The creation, from megakaryocyte-erythroid progenitor cells, and life cycle of erythrocytes (i.e., red blood cells or RBCs) [e]
Disorders
- Anemia [r]: A condition characterized by insufficient circulating and effective hemoglobin in blood to support normal physiology. [e]
- Iron overload diseases [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ascorbic acid [r]: An organic acid with antioxidant properties whose L-enantiomer is called vitamin C. [e]
- Erythropoetin [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Poisoning [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Spinach [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Vitamin C [r]: Required by a few mammalian species, including humans and higher primates. It is water-soluble and is usually obtained by eating fruits and vegetables; associated with scurvy (hence its chemical name, ascorbic acid). [e]
- Iron deficiency anemia [r]: Anaemia resulting from a deficiency of iron, characterized by hypochromic microcytic erythrocytes and a normoblastic reaction of the bone marrow. [e]
- Theoretical plate [r]: A hypothetical zone or stage in a chemical engineering separation process in which two phases, such as the liquid and vapor phases of a substance, establish an equilibrium with each other. [e]