Table 2. Calculated concentrations of Fe-citrate (FeCit) species for increasing doses of Fe and a constant Fe∶Citrate ratio of 1∶20.
0,1 µM Fe∶ 2 µM Cit | 1 µM Fe∶ 20 µM Cit | 5 µM Fe∶ 100 µM Cit | 10 µM Fe∶ 200 µM Cit | 100 µM Fe∶ 2000 µM Cit | |
Fe3Cit3 (µM) | 6.21×10−7 | 3.91×10−2 | 2.4×10−1 | 3.15×10−1 | 4.26×10−1 |
FeCit2 (µM) | 1.19×10−3 | 4.49×10−1 | 3.95 | 8.61 | 94.7 |
FeCit2H (µM) | 5.02×10−5 | 1.90×10−2 | 1.67×10−1 | 3.63×10−1 | 3.99 |
FeCitH (µM) | 5.90×10−6 | 2.35×10−4 | 4.30×10−4 | 4.71×10−4 | 5.21×10−5 |
FeCit2H2 (µM) | 1.56×10−7 | 5.90×10−5 | 5.19×10−4 | 1.13×10−3 | 1.24×10−2 |
Fe free (µM) | 2.16×10−10 | 9.04×10−10 | 3.44×10−10 | 1.89×10−10 | 2.11×10−11 |
Cit free (µM) | 9.95×10−8 | 9.44×10−7 | 4.53×10−6 | 9.02×10−6 | 8.97×10−5 |
H free (µM) | 3.98×10−2 | 3.98×10−2 | 3.98×10−2 | 3.98×10−2 | 3.98×10−2 |