Role of some Herbs in Improvement of Mineral Absorption, Control of Anemia and Osteopenia in Rats دور بعض الأعشاب فى تحسين امتصاص الأملاح المعدنية والتحکم فى أنيميا نقص الحديد فى الفئران

Abstract

asfunctional food supplement to improve Ca, P, Mg and Fe absorption aswell as to prevent and treat both anemia and osteoporosis associatedwith deficiency in calcium and iron intake were evaluated in rats. Threeexperimental groups were fed diet supplemented with 10% tested herbsfor 4 wk versus the control rat group fed basal diet free in iron andcalcium. At the end of the experiment, rat groups fed herbssupplemented diets were characterized by significant dose-relatedincreases in the level of serum minerals Ca (2.1 ± 0.03 to 2.58 ± 0.01mmol/L), P (0.72 ± 0.3 to 0.93 ± 0.02 mmol/L), Mg (0.71 ± 0.01 to0.91 ± 0.01 mmol/L) and Fe (69.11 ± 4.55 to 84.3 ± 2.12 μg/dl). Inaddition, there were variable increases in the measured levels ofhemoglobin (11.11 ± 1.1 to 14.25 ± 1.1 g/L), hematocrit (39.15 ± 0.15to 42.15 ± 1.27 %) and ferritin (49.55 ± 2.25 to 65.12 ± 0.15 μg/dl) inherbs fed groups in a dose-dependent fashion compared with thecontrol group. These data suggested that Safforn