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The effect of iron on metabolism of vitamin C in chickens
B Nagórna-Stasiak1, J Lechowski, A Lazuga-Adamczyk
1Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Agricultural University, Lublin, Poland.
Archivum Veterinarium Polonicum
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
The objective of the paper was to show the effect of supplementation of iron on vitamin C synthesis in chickens. Iron administered per as caused than increase of vitamin C synthesis in chickens. The increase of vitamin C synthesis following iron supplementation is due to the alteration of L-gulono-gamma-oxidase activity in tissues; the enzyme taking part in last phase of vitamin C formation, and due to increase of D-glucuronic acid level, an intermediate product during vitamin C synthesis. High doses of iron cause the increase of vitamin C metabolism in chickens.