Abstract: Water soluble Iron carbohydrate complex obtainable from an aqueous solution of iron(III) salt and an aqueous solution of the oxidation product of one or more maltrodextrins using an aqueous hypochlorite solution at a pH-value within the alkaline range, where, when one maltodextrin is applied, its dextrose equivalent lies between 5 and 20, and when a mixture of several maltodextrins is applied, the dextrose equivalent of the mixture lies between 5 and 20 and the dextrose equivalent of each individual maltodextrin contained in the mixture lies between 2 and 40, process for its production and medicament for the treatment and prophylaxis of iron deficiency conditions.

Abstract: A preparation is disclosed that comprises one or more iron(III) complex compounds which have a redox potential at pH 7 of from ?324 mV to ?750 mV relative to a normal hydrogen electrode (NHE), and one or more redox-active substances, wherein the carbohydrates are selected from the group consisting of dextrans and hydrogenated dextrans, dextrins, oxidised or hydrogenated dextrins, as well as pullulan, oligomers thereof and/or hydrogenated pullulans, and wherein the redox-active substance(s) is/are selected from the group consisting of ascorbic acid; vitamin E; cysteine; physiologically acceptable phenols/polyphenols selected from the group consisting of quercetin, rutin, flavones, flavonoids, hydroquinones; and glutathione, and in particular is ascorbic acid.