Érase una vez el hierro
- Ana González 1
- Laura Sabio 1
- José M. Domínguez-Vera 1
- 1 Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad de Granada
ISSN: 1575-3417, 2792-5250
Year of publication: 2023
Issue: 2
Pages: 87-91
Type: Article
More publications in: Anales de Química de la RSEQ
Abstract
The human body has developed chemical machinery dedicated exclusively to iron. This machin-ery works in such an extraordinarily beautiful and effective way that one is astonished to meet it. This article shows the “journey” that iron from food makes through the human body, discovering an incredible world of proteins that capture it, transform it, store it, release it and use it