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Plant ferritin--a source of iron to prevent its deficiency.
Review in Nutrients, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.
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- Biofortification of Sprouts and Microgreens with Trace Elements and Calcium.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Processing-Dependent Releasing of Iron from Plant Ferritin in Cereal-Based Foods Designed for Iron Delivery in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Potato Protein-Based Vegan Burgers: Discovering the Health-Promoting Benefits and Impact on the Intestinal Microbiome.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Phenolic Iron Complexes Protect Glacier Ice Algae (Zygnematophyceae) Against Excessive UV and VIS Irradiation.Environmental microbiology reports · 2025Article
- A novel approach for the identification of cadmium-chelating compounds in plant-based foods using SEC-ICP-MS/MS and SEC-QTOF-MS.Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry · 2025Article
- Structural characteristics, multifunctional applications, and research prospects of ferritin: a case study of sturgeon ferritin.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
- Nutrient Composition of Four Dietary Patterns in Italy: Results from an Online Survey (the INVITA Study).Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Effects of Pea (Nutrients · 2024Article
- Production of iron enriched Saccharomyces boulardii: impact of process variables.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Legumes and common beans in sustainable diets: nutritional quality, environmental benefits, spread and use in food preparations.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Review
- Digestibility of Protein and Iron Availability from Enriched Legume Sprouts.Plant foods for human nutrition (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2023Article
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- Biofortification of common bean (Food and energy security · 2023Review
- Oral manifestations of iron imbalance.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Biofortification to avoid malnutrition in humans in a changing climate: Enhancing micronutrient bioavailability in seed, tuber, and storage roots.Frontiers in plant science · 2023Review
- The potential for the use of leghemoglobin and plant ferritin as sources of iron.Open life sciences · 2023Review
- Effect of incorporation of iron-whey protein concentrate (Fe-WPC) conjugate on physicochemical characteristics ofJournal of food science and technology · 2022Article
- Transcriptome Analysis Revealed the Molecular Response Mechanism of Non-heading Chinese Cabbage to Iron Deficiency Stress.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Article
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- The Use of Iron-Enriched Yeast for the Production of Flatbread.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
Iron deficiency anemia affects a significant part of the human population. Due to the unique properties of plant ferritin, food enrichment with ferritin iron seems to be a promising strategy to prevent this malnutrition problem. This protein captures huge amounts of iron ions inside the apoferritin shell and isolates them from the environment. Thus, this iron form does not induce oxidative change in food and reduces the risk of gastric problems in consumers. Bioavailability of ferritin in human and animal studies is high and the mechanism of absorption via endocytosis has been confirmed in cultured cells. Legume seeds are a traditional source of plant ferritin. However, even if the percentage of ferritin iron in these seeds is high, its concentration is not sufficient for food fortification. Thus, edible plants have been biofortified in iron for many years. Plants overexpressing ferritin may find applications in the development of bioactive food. A crucial achievement would be to develop technologies warranting stability of ferritin in food and the digestive tract.
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