الفهرس 
Definition of AnemiaOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Anemia is a public health problem and related to malnutrition, may cause serious complications. Obesity has been related with disordered iron homeostasis and cause anemia. Moringa oleifera is rich in iron and can be used as an alternative therapy in iron deficiency. The aim of this study was conducted to investigate the effect of M. oleifera leaves powder on obese anemic rats. Thirty five adult female rats were divided into two main groups the first main group (n= 7); were fed on basal diet only and served as negative control group, the second main group (n=28); were fed on high-fat diet with 10% tannic acid with iron-removed from the mineral mixture during all the experimental period to cause obese anemic model, and were divided into 4 subgroups, one of them was fed on high-fat diet only and kept as positive control group, while the other three subgroups were fed on high-fat diet supplemented with dried M.oleifera leaves at the concentration of )5,7.5,10%( respectively. The results indicated that, supplementation with M. oleifera leaves powder can help overcome iron deficiency anemia and obesity, due to the improvement in mean hematocrit, hemoglobin, red blood cells and platelets of the treated groups as compared to the positive control group. Moreover, significant (P<0.05) weight reduction as well as an improvement in liver, kidney functions and lipid profile of the tested rats were observed. So, M. oleifera leaves are recommended to obese anemic patients.