Incubation medium compositiona | Iron content in intestinal mucosa (µg/g) | |
In 30 min of incubation at 40˚C (n = 20) | ||
Duodenum | Jejunum | |
Buffered zucchini juice | 9.80 ± 0.58*** | 3.84 ± 0.22* |
Buffered carrot juice | 9.15 ± 0.69*** | 5.14 ± 0.72** |
Buffered cucumber juice | 8.15 ± 0.38* | 6.89 ± 0.42**** |
Buffered pumpkin juice | 8.12 ± 0.38* | 5.12 ± 0.37* |
Buffered red beetroot juice | 14.31 ± 0.55 | 10.38 ± 1.46 |
Buffered sugar beetroot juice | 11.80 ± 0.37 | 8.14 ± 0.45 |
Buffered fodder beetroot juice | 10.14 ± 0.78 | 7.12 ± 0.52 |
Tris-buffer | 8.91 ± 0.19 | 3.36 ± 0.49 |