Volume 14, Issue 34, July - December, 2020

Effect of the supplemented dietary iron in the biological cycle among the adolescent girls

Ilangovan M^♦, Chandra Prabha D, Narayanasamy K, Nirmala Devi N, Rathi MA

Department of Biochemistry, Sree Narayana Guru College, K G Chavadi, Coimbatore-105, Tamilnadu, India

^♦Corresponding author
Dr. M.Ilangovan Professor and Head, Department of Biochemistry, Sree Narayana Guru College, Coimbatore -105, Tamilnadu, India; E-mail: biochemistrysngc@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Anemia is primarily a metabolic disorder marked by a progressive decline in the iron content in the blood. It is considered to be silent with no early warning signs. Iron-deficiency anemia is among the most common forms of health hazards in the world and is the 8th primary source of ailment in teenager and woman in emerging states. The negligence of dietary iron has ruined the biological cycle during the reproductive age groups and continues forever till their menopausal ages. It takes days together to replenish the lost iron during menstruation, by the time, the next biological cycle starts. Ultimately the body iron depots, gets diminished. The present study was therefore carried out as a baseline survey to find out the pervasiveness of anemia among 100 adolescent girls, who were supplemented with 50 g of dates (one of the richest source of iron), for a period of 1 month. Analysis of the Hemoglobin (Hb) in blood was estimated by Cyanomethemoglobin method on the 1, 2 and 3 day of menstruation. From our results, the Hb level were found to be 9.3 - 13. 2 g/dl in the control group. After supplementation the increasing levels of Hb (10.6 – 14.8 g/dl) was found to be statistically significant (p < 0.05). In youngsters, anemia pilots into a fall in educational concert, it is concluded that adequate nutrient intake in the dietary supplementation helps in reducing the prevalence of anemia in adolescents.

Keywords: Anaemia, Dates, Hemoglobin

Drug Discovery, 2020, 14(34), 252-254

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