The effect of Portulaca oleracea (purslane) seeds on hemoglobin levels in adolescent girls with iron deficiency anemia: a randomized comparative trial

• Published in: Comparative clinical pathology Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 11 - 16
• Main Authors: Mokhtarifar, Ali, Zeydabadi, Fatemeh Asadi, Asili, Javad, Kooshyar, Mohammad Mahdi, Sahebkar, Amirhossein
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Springer London 01.01.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Hematology; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Oncology; Original Article; Pathology; Herbal medicine; Hemoglobin; Purslane; Iron deficiency anemia

Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is the most severe and the latest stage of iron deficiency. Consumption of purslane seeds is a traditional medicine approach for the treatment of anemia. We aimed to compare the effect of purslane seeds and ferrous sulfate (FS) on the hemoglobin (Hb) level of adolescent...