Iron

Iron is essential for hemoglobin, myoglobin, heme enzymes, and mitochondrial enzymes. Ufelle & Barchowsky 2021 attaches iron to the wiki as both an essential nutrient and a toxicity concern through acute poisoning and chronic iron overload.

Status

This page is a source-map stub created during the re-ingest of Ufelle & Barchowsky 2021. Substantive iron-specific expansion awaits a dedicated iron ingest.

Sources

• Ufelle & Barchowsky 2021 — Ufelle AC, Barchowsky A, 2021. Toxic Effects of Metals, Ch 23 in Casarett & Doull’s Essentials of Toxicology, 4th ed.