In this paper data on the range of variation of non-hemoglobin iron in human blood will be presented. The significance of these variations in relation to (a) the calculation of hemoglobin, or oxygen capacity from the determinations of total blood iron, and reciprocally, (b) the deduction of values for total blood iron from determinations of hemoglobin or oxygen capacity, will be considered. Bec...

OBJECTIVE Oxidative stress, an increase in oxidants and/or a decrease in antioxidant capacity, is one of the potential biochemical mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of iron deficiency anemia. The objective of this study was to evaluate the oxidative status and to determine whether there is any relationship between oxidative status and the severity of anemia in patients with iron deficienc...

Thalassemia patients are at high risk of iron-induced toxicity and oxidative stress consequences. The present cross-sectional study is conducted to determine whether or not lipid peroxidation or protein oxidation is correlated with iron parameters in patients with thalassemia major. To prove this hypothesis, malondialdehyde and total carbonyl were correlated with the degree of excess iron conce...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether there is an association between the total breastfeeding duration and iron stores, iron deficiency, and iron deficiency anemia in healthy urban children. METHODS A cross-sectional study of healthy children, aged 1 to 6 years, seen for primary health care between December 2008 and July 2011 was conducted through the TARGet Kids! practice-based research network. Un...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Iron-catalyzed radical generation is a potentially significant mechanism by which extensive tissue acidosis exacerbates brain injury during ischemia/reperfusion. We hypothesized that levels of low-molecular-weight (LMW) iron increase during in vivo global cerebral ischemia in a pH-dependent manner, potentially catalyzing oxidant injury. The present study quantified region...

Iron overload occurs in brain after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Deferoxamine, an iron chelator, attenuates perihematomal edema and oxidative stress in brain after ICH. We investigated the effects of deferoxamine on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) free iron and brain total iron following ICH. Rats received an infusion of 100-microL autologous whole blood into the right basal ganglia, then were tre...

We investigated the relation between maternal anaemia and neonatal iron status in 97 mothers and their babies. Haemoglobin (Hb), serum iron, total iron binding capacity and serum ferritin were determined. Mothers were divided into 3 groups: iron-deficient anaemic (22.7%), non-anaemic iron-deficient (27.8%) and non-anaemic non-iron-deficient (49.5%). There was no significant difference in the me...

Objective of this paper is to describe how iron indices ie Serum iron concentration and Total iron binding capacity are effected during acute infection. Previousely, the work was done on the affect of Acute bacterial infection on Serum iron indices .It was observed that both were reduced .Because micro-organism invades our body and utilises iron for their growth and multiplication. Though ,iron...

Introduction: Iron metabolism was found to be implicated in several cancers. Few epidemiologic studies; focusing on iron intake and lung cancer (LC), reported positive associations between heme iron and red meat. Based on estimates of iron contents in representative foods, we conducted the present study with the aim of analyzing dietary iron and its role on the incidence of LC in Uruguayan men,...