%0 Journal Article %T The chemistry of ferrous bis-glycinate chelate %A Ashmead %A Stephen D %J Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrici¨Žn %D 2001 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X in order to produce a ferrous chelate tour criteria 1 must be met: 1) the ligand must contain two functional groups which are capable of entering into covalent and coordinate covalent bonds; 2) a ring structure with the ferrous ion being the closing member of the ring must be created; 3) the chelate must be ( sterically possible; and 4) the chelation reaction must be energetically possible. in addition to the above, a totally nutritionally functional ferrous chelate must meet three further criteria: 1) it must have low molecular weight; 2)its stability constant must be nutritionally functional; and 3) the ligand must be metabolizable by the body. when. ferrous iron is reacted with glycine and forms a bis-glycinate chelate, it meets all of the requirements of being both a chelate and being a totally nutritionally functional chelate. %K chelation %K criteria for chelation %K ferrochel %K amino acid chelates.. %U http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0004-06222001000500003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en