Hematological Pharm Flashcards
where is majority of the iron in the body found?
70% is found in hemoglobin
what is heme iron essential for?
muscle myoglobin, catalase, perosidase, cytochromes
where is iron stored in?
- reticuloendothelial cells
- Hepatocytes
- intestinal cells as ferritin
- hemosiderin
what is iron stored in the intestinal cells as
ferritin
where is iron absorbed most through?
intestine
what state of iron is more readily absorbed
Fe2+ is more absorbed than ferric state (Fe3+)
what acids promote the absorption of ferrous iron
gastric acid and asocrbic acid
when is iron oxidized to ferric iron
in the intestinal cell
what happens after iron is transferred into ferric iron
- stored as ferritin
- transported to other tissues
what is ferric iron transported in the plasma bound to
glycoprotein transferrin
iron storage is regulated at
the level of absorption
what happens to transferrin receptors when plasma iron concentrations are low
transferrin receptors increase which reduce tissue iron storage
when iron stores are high, what happens to intestinal absorption
decreased intestinal absorption
what happens to transferrin receptors when iron stores are high
tranferrin receptors decrease causing low cellular uptake
what is the order (lowest to highest) of iron by weight
for sulfate, gluconate, fumarate
gluconate < sulfate < fumarate
what percent of PO iron is actually absorbed
25%
