ヘム鉄てつ

noun

heme iron

Technical term in chemistry and nutrition; refers to iron bound within a heme complex, as in hemoglobin or myoglobin.

• ヘム鉄てつは非ひヘム鉄てつよりも吸きゅう収しゅう率りつが高たかい。

  Heme iron has a higher absorption rate than non-heme iron.

• 肉にくや魚さかなにはヘム鉄てつが多おおく含ふくまれている。

  Meat and fish contain a lot of heme iron.