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− | Anemia affects one third of the world's population | + | Anemia affects one third of the world's population and is mostly due to insufficient iron intakes. Anemia and similar mineral deficiency diseases are primarily widespread in developing countries like India, partly resulting from the local diet that is mainly made up of cereal grains and seeds such as rice . In these types of food, iron bioavailability is substantially reduced by the presence of phytic acid (C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>18</sub>O<sub>24</sub>P<sub>6</sub>), which chelates minerals and forms insoluble salts which precludes their absorption in the gastrointestinal tract. </p> |
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Current research on increasing the bioavailability of iron or zinc involves the bioengineering of crop plants which not only poses challenges in terms of the production of efficient genetically modified crops but also requires extensive research for drawing any conclusions on strain sustainability. </p> | Current research on increasing the bioavailability of iron or zinc involves the bioengineering of crop plants which not only poses challenges in terms of the production of efficient genetically modified crops but also requires extensive research for drawing any conclusions on strain sustainability. </p> |
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