Complex stability of ferrous ascorbate in aqueous solution and its significance for iron absorption
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Abstract
The greater absorption of ironin vivo from ferrous ascorbate [Fe(HL)2] as compared with ferrous sulfate has been ascribed both to retardation or prevention of Fe(II) oxidation by ascorbate and to the existence of Fe(II) as a chelate with ascorbate. The available literature and our own results demonstrate that Fe(HL)2 dissociates in aqueous solution into a monomeric cationic species Fe(HL)1+, Fe2+ and HL−. The HL anion acts as a monodentate. The low stability constant KFc(HL)., about 20 l.mol-s-1 at Μ = 0 and 25‡C, results in the conclusion that Fe(HL)2 is almost completely dissociated into Fe2+ and HL/s- at about pH = 5, so (chelate) complex formation does not contribute significantly to the increased iron absorption. Between pH = 6 and pH = 8 a solubility enhancing effect of ascorbate is observed which may be of relevance for the iron absorption from ferrous ascorbate.
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