Table 6.
Treatment Group | Ferritin (µg/g Wet Weight) | Iron (µg/g Wet Weight) | |
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Red Mottled Bean study [11] | Standard | 409 ± 12 a | 39.5 ± 3.5 a |
Fe biofortified | 425 ± 18 a | 48.1 ± 4.2 a | |
Black bean study [15] | Standard | 282 ± 12 a | 27.2 ± 1.7 a |
Fe biofortified | 293 ± 11 a | 33.1 ± 2.2 a | |
Pearl Millet study [16] | Standard | 277 ± 7.1 a | 19.3 ± 2.7 a |
Fe biofortified | 285 ± 8.5 a | 25.2 ± 3.9 a | |
Cream Seeded Carioca bean study [17] | Standard | 284 ± 13 a | 45.5 ± 3.4 b |
Fe biofortified | 315 ± 22 a | 62.6 ± 5.7 a |
1 Atomic mass for iron used for calculations defined as 55.8 g/mol; a,b: within a column (and for each study), means with a common letter are not significantly different (p < 0.05, means ± SEM).