Table 4 The serum iron metabolism indexes of SD rats (\(\overline{x}\) ± s, n = 8)

C

148.72 ± 30.35

99.85 ± 16.64

5.74 ± 1.27

32.99 ± 13.83

DFe

222.28 ± 26.43^a

36.15 ± 7.28^a

6.73 ± 0.94

56.23 ± 14.39^a

LFe

132.09 ± 19.24^ab

119.48 ± 42.73^b

6.71 ± 1.11

48.84 ± 9.07

MFe

123.45 ± 27.48^b

93.66 ± 26.17^b

6.03 ± 0.93

35.52 ± 12.11

HFe

86.67 ± 16.03^abc

73.34 ± 19.75 ^b

5.59 ± 0.89

32.7 ± 10.00^bc