Question

In Spectrophotometric Determination of Iron in Vitamin Tablets lab , would the bioavailability of iron affect the quantity of iron in the vitamin tablet?

Answer 1

During the spectroscopic determination of Iron from Vitamin tablet we will get the total amount of Iron present inside the tablet.

The term Bioavailability suggests how much of a given quantity is available for our body when consumed.

So the amount of tablet present in the tablet will be measured as it is by spectrophotometric determination.

And as not all iron present in the tablet is consumed by the body due to bioavailability we have to add addition iron in tablet such that after the bioavailability of the capsule or tablet is reached it delivers the required dosage.

So the bioavailability doesn't affect determination of iron

But it does affect the Quantity of iron that is present inside the tablet

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