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Culprit Compounds That Block Beans’ Healthful Iron Probed

Familiar beans like reds, whites and pintos are rich in iron, a nutrient essential for our health. But not all of the little legumes’ treasure trove of iron is bioaccessible—that is, available for our bodies to readily absorb.

In ongoing investigations, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) animal physiologist Raymond P. Glahn and Cornell University co-investigators are discovering more about natural compounds in foods that increase or, problematically, decrease absorption of iron from those foods. Glahn is based at the ARS Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health in Ithaca, N.Y.

Earlier this year, Glahn, along with former ARS research plant physiologist Ross M. Welch—now retired and working as a collaborator with the Ithaca laboratory—and their university collaborators began tests with poultry as a followup to experiments that relied on Caco-2 human digestive system cells, cultured in petri dishes.

One current study with poultry builds upon a Caco-2 study from several years ago in which Glahn, Welch and colleagues determined that a natural compound known as kaempferol may be a key culprit in decreasing absorption of iron from red and pinto beans.

Kaempferol belongs to a class of natural substances known as polyphenols. Though scientists have known for decades that polyphenols interfere with absorption of iron from beans, the Ithaca study was apparently the first to pinpoint a specific polyphenol in beans as a possible major player.

There’s another side to polyphenols, however. They are antioxidants, and thus are potentially important food components, according to Glahn. So, the scientists are investigating them further.

The Ithaca research is highlighted in the September 2009 issue of Agricultural Research magazine. Scroll down to the title beginning “A New Slant on Sustainability.”

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75 Comments for “Culprit Compounds That Block Beans’ Healthful Iron Probed”

  1. 1.) familiar beans like reds,and whites are rich in iron
    2.)the ARS are studying about iron
    3.)there is another side to pholyphenals
    4.)they’re are antioxidants and thus is portinally
    5.) scientists are still investigating about this

  2. 1. Familiar beans like red, whites and pintos are rich in iron, a nutrient essential for our health.

    2.Not all of the little legumes’ treasure trove of iron is bioaccessible—that is, available for our bodies to readily absorb

    3. The Agricultural Research Service is researching natural compounds in foods that increase or decrease absorption of iron from them

    4.ARS have found more substance in food.

    5.Polyphenols have other sides.

  3. 1.) Beans like reds, whites and pintos are rich in iron.
    2.) Iron is a nutrient essential for our health.
    3.) ARS people are learning more about natural compounds in foods that increase or decrease absorption of iron from those foods.
    4.) Welch and colleagues determined that a natural compound known as kaempferol may be a key culprit in decreasing absorption of iron from red and pinto beans.
    5.) Kaempferol is categorized as polyphenols.

  4. austin xayavong 5th

    1.Red,white,and pinto beans are rich on iron.
    2. The ARS is researching iron

  5. Anthony Pellegrini 1st period

    1. Bean’s like reds, whites, and pintos are nutrient essential for our health.
    2.ARS is discovering more about natural compounds in foods that increase or decrease of absorption of iron.
    3.Kemapferol belongs to a group of natural stubstances known as polyphenols.

  6. Amanda Baer-Peckham 4th Period

    Familiar beans such as red, white, and pintos are rich in iron. However the body cannot absorb the iron in the beans. A current study was run with poultry to see why we can’t absorb the iron. In this study they found out that a natural compound known as kaempferol may be a culprit of decreasing iron absorption from beans. This natural compound belongs to a class known as polyphenols. Polyphenols however have antioxidants which is also an important food component. So scientists are going to look closer into the situation.

  7. 1. Red White and Pinto beans are very rich in Iron
    2. ARS is researching iron
    3.polyphenols are anitoxdints
    4.Though scientists have known for decades that polyphenols interfere with absorption of iron from beans
    5.The scientist are investigating this further

  8. Sophia Fos. 4th period.

    Red, white, and pinto beans are all rich in iron. But not all of the beans are able to be absorbed by are bodies readily. In a new research scientist have discovered some natural compounds that increase or decrease are bodies iron absorption. Some scientists did some studies on poultry, where they put it in a Petri dish with a Caco-2, a type of human digestive cell. A natural compound called kaempferol, that may be in poultry, stops your cells from absorbing the iron from the beans. Kaempferol comes from a family called polyphenols, which can be found in beans. This might be a big part to why from some beans you don’t get iron. Polyphenols also play another role, which is that they are antioxidants, which is a very good thing. More research is being done into this problem to help understand it better.

  9. 1. Red and white collect stuff to make it clear
    2. They make people work over there shift
    3. why can people make it with there hands
    4. And they would tastse perfect
    5. They got all those they to easy

  10. James Russell 6th

    The ARS is studying iron.
    Pinto beans are high in iron.
    Some iron is not ready for our body.
    People are still studying this.
    There are antioxidents in food.

  11. Red, white, and pinto beans are essential to your health. Unfortunately, not all of the nutrients are absorbable. In ongoing investigations, the ARS, has found out the components in beans block nutrient absorbtion. What arfe these you ask? irons.

  12. John Baudendistel 4th

    1. Red White and Pinto beans are very rich in Iron
    2. ARS is researching iron
    3.polyphenols are anitoxdints
    4.Though scientists have known for decades that polyphenols interfere with absorption of iron from beans
    5.The scientiss are investigating this further

  13. max Stephenson 2nd

    Familiar beans like reds, whites and pintos are rich in iron, a nutrient essential for our health. But not all of the little legumes’ treasure trove of iron is bioaccessible—that is, available for our bodies to readily absorb.

    In ongoing investigations, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) animal physiologist Raymond P. Glahn and Cornell University co-investigators are discovering more about natural compounds in foods that increase or, problematically, decrease absorption of iron from those foods. Glahn is based at the ARS Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health in Ithaca, N.Y.

  14. 1 red, white, and pento beans are rich in iorn
    2 the beans are digestove cells
    3 beans have antioxidants in them
    4 beans are assential for our helth
    5 there is another side to polyphenoys

  15. max Stephenson 2nd

    Familiar beans like reds, whites and pintos are rich in iron.
    Kaempferol belongs to a class of natural substances known as polyphenols.
    A natural compound known as kaempferol may be a key culprit in decreasing absorption of iron from red and pinto beans.
    Scientists are investigating polyphenols further.
    The Ithaca research is highlighted in the September 2009 issue of Agricultural Research magazine.

  16. Lena Carter 1st period

    1. Not all of the little legumes’ treasure trove of iron is bioaccessible
    2. Red and white pinto beans have lots of iron
    3. Researchers are discovering more about natural compounds that are found in some foods that increase or decrease absorption of iron from those foods.
    4. Kaemperfol may be the main compound that causes decreased iron absorption in certain foods.
    5. Kaemperfol is in the polyphenol class

  17. 1. The beans are digestive cells.
    2. Red and white pinto beans have lots of iron.
    3. Beans are essential for your health.
    4. People are still studying the beans.
    5. Beans have antioxidents in them.

  18. Reagan Locke 4th

    Red White and Pinto beans are very rich in iron. Researchers are discovering more about natural compounds that are found in some foods that increase or decrease absorption of iron from those foods. Kaempferol belongs to a class of natural substances known as polyphenols. Welch and colleagues determined that a natural compound known as kaempferol may be a key culprit in decreasing absorption of iron from red and pinto beans. Iron is a nutrient essential for our health.

  19. MaRhea Wood - 2nd period

    1. familiar beans red whit and pintos are rich in iron.
    2. theres another side to polyphenols, however
    3. kaemppferol belongs to a class of natural substances known as polyphenols
    4. polyphenols are antioxidants
    5. earlier this year , glahn, along with former ars research plant physiologist ross m. welch-retired

  20. 1. Some beans are rich in iron.
    2. Iron is a nutrient essential for our health.
    3. Kaemppferol belongs to a class of natural substances known as polyphenols.
    4. Antioxidants are polyphenols.
    5. There is another side to polyphenols.

  21. Kelsey schronce 5th

    .Familiar beans like reds, whites and pintos are rich in iron.
    2.Earlier this year, Glahn, along with former ARS research plant physiologist Ross M. Welch—now retired.
    3.There’s another side to polyphenols, however.
    4.They are antioxidants, and thus are potentially important food components, according to Glahn.
    5.So, the scientists are investigating them further.

  22. shaquera wade 6th

    1.Polyphenols are antioxidants
    2.Red White and Pinto beans are very rich in iron
    3.Kaemperfol is in the polyphenol class
    4.The ARS is studying iron.
    5.The scientist are investigating this further

  23. 1) Many different colored beans contain a lot of iron.
    2) Beans also contain nutrients that are essential to our health.
    3) A natural compound may be a key culprit in minimizing absorption of iron form red pinto beans.
    4) Kaempferol belongs to a class of natural substances known as polyphenols.
    5) Polyphenols deal with the absorption of iron from beans.
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  24. Kathryn Wilson 4th

    1. Beans are rich in iron.
    2. Iron is a nutrient essential for our health.
    3. Kaempferol to a class of natural substances known as polyphenols.
    4. The beans are antioxidants.
    5. Kaemperfol is in the polyphenol class.

  25. Chase R. Massey-5th Period

    1) The ARS is studying iron.
    2) Polyphenols deal with obsorption of iron from beans.
    3) Red, white, and pinto beans are very rich in iron.
    4) The beans are anioxidents.
    5) Iron is a nutrient essential for our health.

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