Table 6.

Ferritin protein and the iron concentration in the liver ¹.

	Treatment Group	Ferritin (µg/g Wet Weight)	Iron (µg/g Wet Weight)
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).