Bioavailability of iron and folic acid: Traditional pregnancy supplement vs. new powdered supplement.
Published: 2007
Language: eng
Number of pages: 146
ISBN-13: 9780494273807
Description: The relative bioavailability (RBV) of iron and folic acid for a new powdered pregnancy supplement (SuppleFem containing 30mg of iron from micronized ferric pyrophosphate and 600mug folic acid) and a traditional pregnancy supplement (MaternaRTM containing 27 mg iron from ferrous fumerate and 1000mug folic acid) were compared using Area under the Curve (AUC). Eighteen healthy women between 24 to 32 weeks gestation with normal hemoglobin were randomized to receive both supplements in a crossover study. Diurnal variation for serum iron was accounted for in the analysis. The results show lower relative iron absorption for SuppleFem compared to Materna (p=0.045). There was no significant difference (p=0.6) between the relative absorption of folate for SuppleFem and Materna. These results suggest that the iron in SuppleFem has different absorption kinetics than the iron in Materna; but there is no difference in absorption between the two different doses of folate.
Notes: Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 3137.

Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Toronto, 2007.

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