The effect of administration of ethanol extract of talas kimpul stems ((Xanthosoma sagittifolium (l) schott)) on female wistar rats on hemoglobin level, erythrocyte level and birth weight of little wistar rats

Abstract

Lack of nutritional intake of pregnant women is at risk of anemia and giving birth to low birth weight (LBW) babies. LBW is at risk of stunting. In 2018 the proportion of pregnant women experiencing anemia was 48.9%, stunting was 30.8%. This study aimed to determine the effect of giving ethanol extract of Kimpul taro stems ((Xanthosoma Sagittifolium (L.) Schott)) to female Wistar rats on hemoglobin levels, erythrocyte level, and birth weight of little rats. The Randomized Pretest Posttest Control Group Design. The population of this research is female Wistar rats aged 12-13 weeks, healthy, weight 170-180 g. Sampling technique: simple random sampling. The sample size of 25 was divided into five groups, namely Negative Control (KN), Positive Control (KP), Treatment 1 (P1), Treatment 2 (P2), and Treatment 3 (P3). The intervention duration is 4 weeks, using an oral sonde. Data analysis includes descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate, using computer assistance. The results: the average group pretest, hemoglobin levels 12.44-13.38 g/dL; erythrocyte levels 6.22 – 7.18 10^6/uL.