U.S., Feb. 13 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT06822062) titled 'Effect of Chitin and Ascorbic Acid on Dietary Insect Iron Absorption' on Feb. 06.
Brief Summary: Iron is involved in many vital metabolic processes such as oxygen transport, electron transport in cells, DNA synthesis and repair, and muscle metabolism. However, iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia continue to affect many people, particularly preschool children (<5 years), adolescents, and pregnant and non-pregnant women of childbearing age. Iron deficiency is characterized by a lack of total iron stores in the body, which is mainly caused by insufficient dietary iron intake, physiologically increased iron requirements, poor int...