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. 2017 Nov 14;9(11):1243. doi: 10.3390/nu9111243

Table 3.

Effect of iron and/or tucum-do-cerrado in the serum iron parameters of adult rats treated for 12 weeks.

CT +Fe Tuc Tuc + Fe
Serum iron (μg/dL) 107.68 ± 5.85 202.46 ± 78.42 * 142.17 ± 32.98 177.60 ± 42.02
UIBC (μg/dL) 286.18 ± 59.85 199.64 ± 41.21 * 256.15 ± 20.93 260.98 ± 37.59
TIBC (μg/dL) 405.67 ± 48.94 380.64 ± 74.93 398.32 ± 45.08 438.58 ± 30.92
TS (%) 26.77 ± 3.76 40.80 ± 9.27 * 37.13 ± 3.16 40.40 ± 8.50 *
Tf (mg/dL) 283.97 ± 34.26 266.45 ± 52.45 278.82 ± 31.55 307.01 ± 21.64

CT, group treated with control diet AIN-93G; +Fe, group treated with AIN-93G diet containing 350 mg of iron/kg of diet; Tuc, AIN-93G diet added of 15% tucum-do-cerrado; Tuc + Fe, group treated AIN-93G diet containing 350 mg of iron/kg of diet and added of 15% tucum-do-cerrado. UIBC: unbound iron-binding capacity; TIBC: total iron-binding capacity; TS: transferrin saturation; Tf: transferrin. Data correspond to average ± standard deviation (n = 6). * Statistical differences compared to CT group.