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<journal-id>0124-0064</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de Salud Pública]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. salud pública]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0124-0064</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Salud Publica, Facultad de Medicina - Universidad Nacional de Colombia]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0124-00642018000600730</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15446/rsap.v20n6.65795</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Efecto del consumo del extracto de alfalfa (medicago sativa) en anemia ferropénica inducida, en ratones (mus musculus)]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Effect of consumption of alfalfa extract (Medicago sativa) on induced iron deficiency anemia in mice (Mus musculus)]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Amaro-Terrazos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jony Z.]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Iparraguirre]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María E.]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Isla-Ponciano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pamela C.]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Lima ]]></addr-line>
<country>Peru</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Lima  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Lima ]]></addr-line>
<country>Perú</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Lima  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Lima ]]></addr-line>
<country>Perú</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>20</volume>
<numero>6</numero>
<fpage>730</fpage>
<lpage>734</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0124-00642018000600730&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0124-00642018000600730&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0124-00642018000600730&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Objetivos Determinar el efecto del consumo del extracto de alfalfa en anemia ferropé-nica inducida, en ratones.  Materiales y Métodos Se utilizaron treinta ratones albinos M. musculus de la cepa Balb/c, machos de peso promedio 23±33,7 g. Se formaron tres grupos de diez ratones cada uno: a) grupo control negativo hierro suficiente (HS), recibió 40g/d de alimento balanceado durante siete semanas; b) grupo control positivo hierro deficiente (HD), recibió 40g/d de dieta ferropénica durante siete semanas y; c) grupo experimental hierro deficiente (HD), recibió 40g/d de dieta ferropénica durante siete semanas y a partir de la semana cinco se agregó 20g/d de extracto de alfalfa (EA).  Resultados Al finalizar el tratamiento se observó diferencia significativa en los niveles de hemoglobina entre los grupos control positivo (8.41±3.9 g/dL) y experimental (13.4±3.3 g/dL) (t student, p&lt;0,05). No se encontró diferencia significativa en los niveles de hemoglobina, al término del periodo de inducción entre los grupos control positivo (8.76±3.9 g/dL) y experimental (8.59± 3.1 g/dL) (t student, p&gt;0,05).  Conclusiones En condiciones experimentales, la alfalfa presenta efecto antianémico, sustentado en los resultados de los niveles de hemoglobina.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Objective To determine the effect of alfalfa extract consumption on induced iron deficiency anemia in mice.  Materials and Methods Thirty M. musculus albino mice of the BALB/c strain were used for this study. All of them were males, with a mean weight of 23±33.7 g. Three groups of 10 mice each were formed: a) negative control group with sufficient iron (HS), which received 40g/d of balanced feed for seven weeks; b) positive control group with iron deficiency (HD), which received 40g/d of a diet plan for anemia for seven weeks; and c) experimental group with iron deficiency (HD), which received 40g/d of a diet plan for anemia for seven weeks and 20g/d of alfalfa extract (EA) from week five. Hemoglobin levels were measured.  Results At the end of the treatment, a significant difference was observed in hemoglobin levels between the positive (8.41±3.9 g/dL) and experimental (13.4±3.3 g/dL) control groups (T student, p&lt;0.05). There was no significant difference in hemoglobin levels at the end of the induction period between the positive (8.76±3.9 g /dL) and experimental (8.59±3.1 g/dL) groups (T student, p&gt;0.05).  Conclusions Under experimental conditions, alfalfa has an antianemic effect based on the results of hemoglobin levels.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Anemia ferropénica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[alfalfa]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[nutrición]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[hierro]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[dieta]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[enfermedad (fuente: DeCS, BIREME)]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Anemia iron-deficiency]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[medicago sativa]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[nutrition public health]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[iron]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[diet]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[disease (source: MeSH, NLM)]]></kwd>
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