Comparative study of nanosized iron cores in human liver ferritin and its pharmaceutically important models Maltofer® and Ferrum Lek using Mössbauer spectroscopy

Abstract

Studies of human liver ferritin and its pharmaceutically important models Maltofer® and Ferrum Lek were carried out using Mössbauer spectroscopy with a high velocity resolution at 295 and 90 K and Mössbauer spectroscopy with a low velocity resolution at 40 and 20 K. The Mössbauer spectra fits using a multi-component model confirm the hypothesis of the complicated heterogeneous structure of nanosized iron cores in the investigated samples. © 2013 Allerton Press, Inc.