Which of the following vitamins significantly enhances the absorption of dietary iron? A: Vitamin B1 B: vitamin B12 C: Vitamin C D: Vitamin D
Mostly dietary iron is in ferric (fe+3) form , and iron is only absorbed in ferrous(fe+2) form ; vit.c converts ferric form to ferrous form and thus it can be absorbed readily .......that's why vit c helpful in absorption of irom