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Definition of Bioavailable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bioavailable
Literary usage of Bioavailable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Can Food-Based Strategies Help Reduce Vitnam A and Iron Deficiencies?: A by Marie T. Ruel (2001)
"Vitamin A from plant sources is less easily absorbed and utilized by the human
body—it is less bioavailable—than the vitamin A coming from animal products. ..."
2. Mineral Requirements for Military Personnel: Levels Needed for Cognitive And by Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Military Nutrition Research, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (2006)
"Individuals who typically consume vegetarian diets may have difficulty consuming
bioavailable iron intakes that are sufficient to meet the ..."
3. Food Policy for the Poor: Expanding the Research Frontiers : Highlights from by Joachim Von Braun, Rajul Pandya-Lorch (2005)
"Iron from plants (nonheme iron) is less bioavailable than iron from flesh foods (heme
... Heme iron is highly bioavailable (15-35 percent is absorbed), ..."
4. Alternative Farming Systems by K. Schnieder (1994)
"Soluble P, PP, and bioavailable PP (BPP) (estimated by NaOH extraction) were
determined over a 5-yr period in runoff from 20 unfertilized and fertilized, ..."
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