Pharmacology

Question 1

Iron absorption

1. site of absorption in the gut
2. improved and slowed down by?
3. transport - bound to what and as what
4. stored as what and where

Answer 1

1. dd
2. Improved by vitamin C, gastric acid
   Slowed down by PPI, tetracycline, gastric achlorhydria, tannin (found in tea)
3. carried in plasma as Fe3+ bound to transferrin
4. stored as ferritin in tissues

Question 1

Iron absorption

1. site of absorption in the gut
2. improved and slowed down by?
3. transport - bound to what and as what
4. stored as what and where

Answer 1

1. dd
2. Improved by vitamin C, gastric acid
   Slowed down by PPI, tetracycline, gastric achlorhydria, tannin (found in tea)
3. carried in plasma as Fe3+ bound to transferrin
4. stored as ferritin in tissues