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The effects of relatively low (1, 10, and 50 mg/kg) and high (100 and 200 mg/kg) dietary concentrations of tin (added as stannous chloride) on iron status of rats were determined. After feeding the diets for 28 d, feed intake and body weights were not significantly affected. Iron concentrations in plasma, spleen, and tibia as well as percentage transferrin saturation were decreased in rats fed the diets supplemented with 100 or 200 mg tin/kg. In rats fed the diet containing 200 mg tin/kg, group mean hemoglobin, hematocrit, and red blood cell count were slightly lowered but total iron binding capacity was not affected. Iron status was not influenced by dietary tin concentrations lower than 100 mg/kg. If these results can be extrapolated to humans, then it may be concluded that tin concentrations in the human diet, which range from 2 to 76 mg/kg dry diet, do not influence iron status in humans.
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Beynen, A.C., Pekelharing, H.L.M. & Lemmens, A.G. High intakes of tin lower iron status in rats. Biol Trace Elem Res 35, 85–88 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02786242
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02786242