Alginate-Iron Speciation and Its Effect on In Vitro Cellular Iron Metabolism.

Alginates are a class of biopolymers with known iron binding properties which are routinely used in the fabrication of iron-oxide nanoparticles. In addition, alginates have been implicated in influencing human iron absorption. However, the synthesis of iron oxide nanoparticles employs non-physiologi...

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Main Authors: Richard D Horniblow, Miriam Dowle, Tariq H Iqbal, Gladys O Latunde-Dada, Richard E Palmer, Zoe Pikramenou, Chris Tselepis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0138240