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The effects of fruit juices and fruits on the absorption of iron from a rice meal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

D. Ballot ,
R. D. Baynes ,
T. H. Bothwell ,
M. Gillooly ,
J. Macfarlane ,
A. P. Macphail ,
G. Lyons ,
D. P. Derman ,
W. R. Bezwoda  and
J. D. Torrance
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D. Ballot
Affiliation:
Joint UniversitylSouth African MRC Iron and Red Cell Metabolism Unit, Department of Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Medical School, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa
R. D. Baynes
Affiliation:
Joint UniversitylSouth African MRC Iron and Red Cell Metabolism Unit, Department of Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Medical School, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa
T. H. Bothwell
Affiliation:
Joint UniversitylSouth African MRC Iron and Red Cell Metabolism Unit, Department of Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Medical School, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa
M. Gillooly
Affiliation:
Joint UniversitylSouth African MRC Iron and Red Cell Metabolism Unit, Department of Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Medical School, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa
J. Macfarlane
Affiliation:
Joint UniversitylSouth African MRC Iron and Red Cell Metabolism Unit, Department of Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Medical School, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa
A. P. Macphail
Affiliation:
Joint UniversitylSouth African MRC Iron and Red Cell Metabolism Unit, Department of Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Medical School, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa
G. Lyons
Affiliation:
Joint UniversitylSouth African MRC Iron and Red Cell Metabolism Unit, Department of Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Medical School, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa
D. P. Derman
Affiliation:
Joint UniversitylSouth African MRC Iron and Red Cell Metabolism Unit, Department of Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Medical School, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa
W. R. Bezwoda
Affiliation:
Joint UniversitylSouth African MRC Iron and Red Cell Metabolism Unit, Department of Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Medical School, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa
J. D. Torrance
Affiliation:
Joint UniversitylSouth African MRC Iron and Red Cell Metabolism Unit, Department of Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Medical School, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa
J. E. Bothwell
Affiliation:
Joint UniversitylSouth African MRC Iron and Red Cell Metabolism Unit, Department of Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Medical School, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa
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1. The effects of the chemical composition of fruit juices and fruit on the absorption of iron from a rice (Oryza sativa) meal were measured in 234 parous Indian women, using the erythrocyte utilization of radioactive Fe method.

2. The corrected geometric mean Fe absorptions with different juices varied between 0.040 and 0.129, with the variation correlating closely with the ascorbic acid contents of the juices (rs 0.838, P < 0.01).

3. Ascorbic acid was not the only organic acid responsible for the promoting effects of citrus fruit juices on Fe absorption. Fe absorption from laboratory ‘orange juice’ (100 ml water, 33 mg ascorbic acid and 750 mg citric acid) was significantly better than that from 100 ml water and 33 mg ascorbic acid alone (0.097 and 0.059 respectively), while Fe absorption from 100 ml orange juice (28 mg ascorbic acid) was better than that from 100 ml water containing the same amount of ascorbic acid (0.139 and 0.098 respectively). Finally, Fe absorption from laboratory ‘lemon juice’ (100 ml orange juice and 4 g citric acid) was significantly better than that from 100 ml orange juice (0.226 and 0,166 respectively).

4. The corrected geometric mean Fe absorption from the rice meal was 0.025. Several fruits had little or no effect on Fe absorption from the meal (0.013–0.024). These included grape (Vitis vinifera), peach (Prunuspersica), apple (Malus sylvestris) and avocado pear (Persea americana). Fruit with a mild to moderate enhancing effect on Fe absorption (0.03 1–0.088) included strawberry (Fragaria sp.) (uncorrected values), plum (Prunus domestica), rhubarb (Rheum rhaponticum), banana (Musa cavendishii), mango (Mangifera indica), pear (Pyrus cornmunis), cantaloup (Cucumis melo) and pineapple (Ananas comosus) (uncorrected values). Guava (Psidium guajava) and pawpaw (Carica papaya) markedly increased Fe absorption (0.126–0.293).

5. There was a close correlation between Fe absorption and the ascorbic acid content of the fruits tested (rs 0.738, P < 0.0001). There was also a weaker but significant correlation with the citric acid content (rs 0.55, P < 0.03). Although this may have reflected a direct effect of citric acid on Fe absorption, it should be noted that fruits containing citric acid also contained ascorbic acid (rs 0.70, P < 0.002). Similarly, the negative correlation (rs –0.62, P < 0,008) between Fe absorption and the malic acid content of fruits may have been due to the fact that fruits with a high malic acid content tended to have low levels of ascorbic acid (rs–0.45, P < 0.06).

6. These various results suggested that most fruits have only a limited effect on overall Fe nutrition. However, the presence of citrus fruit, guava or pawpaw would be expected to increase Fe absorption markedly from diets of low Fe availability.

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Papers of direct relevance to Clinical and Human Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 57 , Issue 3 , May 1987 , pp. 331 - 343
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1987

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