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| | Article Name : | | Nutritional efficacy of Baobab (Adansonia digitata)
Extract as a Substitute for ORS in the Management
of Diarrhea in Children under Five in Sinnar State,
Sudan | Author Name : | | JEHAN MOHAMMED ABDALLA ALPASHA, ALI ELSAYED ALI
HATIM GINDEEL ELTAHIER | Publisher : | | Bridge Center | Article URL : | | | Abstract : | | The study was conducted to evaluate the Nutritional Efficacy
of Baobab (Adansonia digitata) Extract in the Management of
Diarrhea in Children Under Five in Sinnar State, Sudan. The study
sample included 60 children suffering from diarrhea in Singa
Teaching Hospital in the period from April 2018 to April 2019. The
demographic data was collected by interviewing (Questionnaire)
children mothers. The data was analyzed by Statistical Package for
Social Sciences (SPSS).
Sixty children with moderate diarrhea were given ORS as a
control and Baobab (Adansonia digitata) solution in the Emergency
Department (CED) over a period of 2–6 h, under supervision of a
trained team to restore weight lost and balance Na+, K+ levels and thus
remove and reduce signs of dehydration.
The result showed that the majority of the patients were of the
ages 11 - 20 months including (60%) males and (40%) females. Most of
the patients (70%) had sunken eyes, (65%) were unable of drinking and
(66.6%) were sufferings from skin pinch goos back. The mean values of moisture, ash, protein, fat and fiber contents in
Baobab powder were (2.03%), (3.48%), (2.33%), (0.72%) and (6.74%)
respectively.
The mean values of tannins contents in Baobab powder were
(0.30mg/100g), phenols (3.06 mg/100g) and phytic (0.20 mg/100g).
The concentrations of Fe, Cu, Pb and Co content in Baobab powder
were (8.38mg/100g), (0.38mg/100g), (0.003mg/100g) and
(0.0140mg/100g) respectively.
The composition of the Baobab extract solution used was as
follows; 27 g Baobab (Adansonia digitata) + 10g sugar + 1.5 NaCl
completed to 1-liter water. Each child was given 75 ml/ 1kg wt. from
this extract solution.
The results showed that children with moderate diarrhea who
were given a solution of Baobab had improved by (97%) and were
better than those given (ORS). Their weights and (Na+) and (K+) levels
were restored. The taste of Baobab extract solution was accepted by the
children more than ORS solution.
The study concluded that Baobab solution had proved
successful for the children with moderate diarrhea in restoring the
weight lost due to diarrhea, addressing the defects in the electrolytes
and thus removing and reducing the signs of dehydration. Besides it is
a local natural product, cheap and acceptable by the children. | Keywords : | | Nutritional Efficacy, Baobab (Adansonia digitata)
Solution, Diarrhea in Children under Five |
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