I am anemic and take iron everyday.But what‘s the difference between the iron I take and the iron that‘s a metal?Is it the same?Is it completly differnt but just has the same name?Is it similar at all?
It is exactly, the same element, (Fe2),,,however, presented in a different statein blood, the compound hemoglobin, and the red pigment myoglobin in muscles, contain Iron to high amounts, however, the covalent unions are different The one linked to hemoglobin, works in reducedstate, with 4 orbitals, joined to adjacent pirrolsas in myoglobin In general, in the body, complex organic compounds of Iron are the rule, such as accompanying enzymes, pigments etc. If you mean that, we can find iron fillings or partiles in the organism of our bodiesnope, that does not work so, and Iron is used mainly in the REDUCED for, that is, forming reduced ferrous compounds
It's the same thing, just in a different form.
Iron (Fe) is a metal as you noted. Iron in your body is the same element (Fe). However, Iron in you body is not in a metallic form or structure. It is combined with other elements to make complex molecules which are the basic components of DNA, etc of your body.
