Abstract
The effects of dietary hemoglobin and hem-iron from bovine blood on the recovery from iron deficient status were investigated by weanling female Sprague-Dawley strain rats (3 weeks old). The anemic rats were made by feeding on iron deficient diet for 29 days.
Experimental groups were fed on the hemoglobin (Fe, 10 ppm) or hem-iron (Fe, 10 or 20 ppm) diets, and were compared with control group fed on iron deficient diet. Metabolic studies were performed during 20 days thereafter. The recovery process from anemia was observed by the increase of hemoglobin and hematocrit during the last 13 days.
The results are follows : The values of hemoglobin and hematocrit of iron deficiency anemia rats recovered significantly by feeding the hemoglobin or hem-iron diets.
These results suggest that the hemoglobin and hem-iron from bovine blood are effective as a source of dietary iron supply for the recovery from an iron deficiency anemia.
