Abstract
This paper briefly presents a review concerning the species which can arise when iron salts and citric acid are mixed together. The data commented on are required for a correct interpretation of the chemical processes which play a paramount role in biology and in the biological studies involving iron-citrate complexes.
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Pierre, J., Gautier-Luneau, I. Iron and citric acid: A fuzzy chemistry of ubiquitous biological relevance. Biometals 13, 91–96 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009225701332
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