Abstract
Summary
1. An aqueous liver extract effectively prevented the oxidation of added ferrous iron. 2. Due to the reducing action of a commercial liver extract, from 50 to 95% of ferric iron added to it was later present in the ferrous state. 3. The efficacy of liver and iron combinations in the treatment of the iron deficiency anemias may be partly due to this action of the liver extract in supplying or maintaining iron in the more easily absorbable ferrous state.
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