background: iron is an essential mineral for normal cellular physiology but its ‎overload can lead to cell injury. for many years, deferoxamine injection has been used ‎as an iron chelator for treatment of iron overload. the aim of this study is to compare ‎oral deferoxamine, activated charcoal, and vitamin c, as an absorbent factor of fe, in ‎changing the serum level of iron in iron overload r...

background: iron deficiency and its related anemia, which is the world’s most widespread nutritional deficiency, can be one of the possible consequences of regular blood donation. this research was carried out to compare iron stores in regular blood donors and first-time blood donors in tehran regional blood transfusion center. materials and methods: this study was carried out on 2,149 male blo...

background: no study has been conducted on iron requirements of broiler breeder hens until now. objectives: the purpose of the present study was to determine the iron requirement of broiler breeder hens using nonlinear models. methods: forty eight (cobb 500) broiler breeder hens were individually placed in galvanized wire cages. in order to depletion of hens iron reserved, hens were offered a s...

during pregnancy, the need of mother and fetus to iron gradually increases and will reach at its most level at the end of the pregnancy. this study was preformed to evaluate the knowledge and practice of pregnant women in fars province about supplements containing iron intake. data collection was a questionnaire completed by face to face interview using simple nonrandom sampling method in 2997 ...

objectives: breath holding spells are one of the most frequent and important diagnostic challenges in pediatrics. the aim of this study, conducted on pediatric patients referring to the pediatric neurology clinic in hormozgan province, was to evaluate therapeutic effects of iron on breath holding spells materials and methods: 35 children (19 males and 16 females), aged between 3 to 60 months, w...

abstract background iron-deficiency anemia is a widespread public health problem with major consequences for human health especially, children. however, in a fraction of patients an underlying cause is never found during routine investigation. recent studies have suggested an association between helicobacter pylori (h. pylori) infection and iron-deficiency anemia. case presentation here is repo...

iron overload is known to occur in the west european and american population due to the consumption of iron-rich diets. on the other hand, genetic disorders leading to iron overload are also known. iron overload leads to increased peroxidation and disruptive disintegration of lipid-rich membranes, and predisposes humans for an enhanced risk of cancer induction. in experimental animals iron over...

iron deficiency is the most common form of malnutrition in developing countries. iron containing supplements have been used effectively to solve this problem. in children, because of teeth staining after taking iron drops, parents have the idea that iron drops are the cause of tooth decay; therefore, they limit this vital supplement in their children's diet. hereby, we evaluate the histologic e...

iron is an essential microelement for plant growth. low content of organic matter and excess application of phosphate fertilizer in soils can be affected on availability of iron. in this study the effect of iron, phosphorus and organic matter on growth and iron uptake of mays was evaluated. a greenhouse experiment was conducted with two levels of cattle manure (0 and 1 %), three levels of phosp...

the purpose of this study was to determine the effects of feeding iron-deficient diet during pregnancy and lactation on maternal rats. a total number of 64 rats were divided into 4 groups (pregnant), (non pregnant), (lactating) and (non lactating) with 16 animals in each group. parameters used to evaluate the effects of dietary iron deficiency on the maternal animals were: iron contents of live...