Effect of Soluble Fiber Pectin on Growth and Intestinal Iron Absorption in Rats During Recovery from Iron Deficiency Anemia
- Feltrin, Carolina
- Morais, Mauro Batista de
- Freitas, Karine de Cássia
- Morais, Tania Beninga de
- Fagundes Neto, Ulysses
- Amancio, Olga Maria Silverio
DOIAbstract
The objective of this study was to verify whether soluble fiber pectin interferes in growth and intestinal iron absorption in rats during iron deficiency anemia recovery. Twenty-one-day-old Wistar rats (n = 48) were fed for 2 weeks on a diet without iron in order to induce iron deficiency anemia. the anemic animals (age = 36 days) were divided into two groups: (1) pectin, 50 g of pectin per kilogram of diet, and (2) control, diet without dietary fiber. Iron was added to the diets for the two groups in order to reverse the anemia. During the iron deficiency anemia recovery phase (3 weeks), the pectin group showed lower mean values (p < 0.05) of weekly food intake (89.18 +/- 10.82; 107.60 +/- 11.70; 114.50 +/- 16.29 g, respectively, for the p...
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