Determinación de la Biodisponibilidad in vitro de hierro en diferentes matrices alimentarias elaboradas a partir de harinas fortificadas comerciales

Abstract

Iron (Fe) deficiency has been recognized with the World Health Organization as a public health problem, in countries such as Colombia. It affects a large part of the inhabitants, especially children and women in gestation. In order to counteract the consequences generated by this population, the lack of this mineral establishes the need to use Iron Fortification. The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of temperature on the iron diazability of three homemade preparations, in which commercial flours fortified with iron were used. The percentage dialysotity of Iron (Fe) was taken as an indicator of the bioavailability of said ore. The determination was made using the in vitro method, which includes an enzymatic digestion that simulates the physiological process under controlled pH conditions and subsequent quantification by atomic absorption spectroscopy. For each of the samples an estimated percentage between 4 and 5% was obtained which are according to the literature in that they do not exceed 10% absorption of non-hemine iron from food.