Reducing Agents Increase the Bioavailability of Nonheme Iron by _____

question 96

Multiple Choice

Reducing agents increase the bioavailability of nonheme iron by _____.

• A)storing iron in the enterocyte until the body needs more iron
• B)binding ferrous iron to ferric iron
• C)making possible the transport of nonheme iron across intestinal membranes
• D)preventing hemochromatosis

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