Component
Pectin binding to inorganic iron in vitro
Pectin binding to inorganic iron in vitro. Species, exposure and limitations are retained in each linked claim.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
Every nutrient with a recorded effect on this component, credited to the nutrient that acted rather than the chapter that recorded it. Open a nutrient to see the findings and the conditions they were measured under.
Other things that act on it
Enzymes, hormones, genes, and other components with a recorded effect. These are not nutrients, so they do not count toward the arrows above. Each finding names the chapter that recorded it.
How nutrients reach it in more than one step
Chains of two or more recorded steps that end here, grouped by the nutrient they start from. Each step is a separate finding, so a chain is a route a mechanism could take, not proof that it does.
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What it does
Every recorded relationship this component is part of, grouped by its role. Plain wording comes first; the technical statement follows.
What acts on it
In-vitro pectin iron-binding capacity increased with pectin exposure; cellulose lacked the comparable binding response.
Experimental context and source evidence
- evidence_span
- {"source_cache": "artifacts/pectin-research/6247906.abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "2c107283e705511284aaecb49a765185e48f825963c872c6306d76f9cf4565cf", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1307, "text_sha256": "2c107283e705511284aaecb49a765185e48f825963c872c6306d76f9cf4565cf"}
- experimental_model
- Tracer study in idiopathic hemochromatosis with in-vitro binding comparison
- exposure
- 13 patients: pectin in eight, cellulose in five; 9 g/m2, own fasting controls; seven healthy basal comparators
- limitations
- Disease-specific small experiment; not a treatment recommendation or a universal effect of all fruit.
- nutrient_topic
- Pectin research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Pectin, structurally heterogeneous plant polysaccharides
- organism
- Cell-free assay
- plain_language
- Binding provides a candidate explanation for the absorption finding.
- primary_references
- [pectin-p6247906] Evidence and mechanism for pectin-reduced intestinal inorganic iron absorption in idiopathic hemochromatosis. (1980). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6247906/ DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/33.6.1225
- tissue_or_cell_type
- In-vitro binding system
Pectin: metabolism, signaling and nutrient connections (2026-09-17) · lines 646–657
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Tracer study in idiopathic hemochromatosis with in-vitro binding comparison · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### pectin-iron-complex In-vitro pectin iron-binding capacity increased with pectin exposure; cellulose lacked the comparable binding response. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Pectin research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: Binding provides a candidate explanation for the absorption finding. organism: Cell-free assay tissue_or_cell_type: In-vitro binding system experimental_model: Tracer study in idiopathic hemochromatosis with in-vitro binding comparison limitations: Disease-specific small experiment; not a treatment recommendation or a universal effect of all fruit. exposure: 13 patients: pectin in eight, cellulose in five; 9 g/m2, own fasting controls; seven healthy basal comparators evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/pectin-research/6247906.abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "2c107283e705511284aaecb49a765185e48f825963c872c6306d76f9cf4565cf", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1307, "text_sha256": "2c107283e705511284aaecb49a765185e48f825963c872c6306d76f9cf4565cf"} [pectin-p6247906] Evidence and mechanism for pectin-reduced intestinal inorganic iron absorption in idiopathic hemochromatosis. (1980). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6247906/ DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/33.6.1225
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The events it takes part in
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Situations it appears in
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In the sources
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Open hypotheses
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