Assessment Of The Relationship Between Some Trace Elements And Antioxidant Enzymes In Under-five Children With Protein- Energy Malnutrition

Assessment Of The Relationship Between Some Trace Elements And Antioxidant Enzymes In Under-five Children With Protein- Energy Malnutrition

Abstract

Assessment of the relationship between some trace rudiments and antioxidant enzymes was carried out on 98 under- five children with protein- energy malnutrition( PEM) and 98 age- and coitus- matched supposedly healthy children( control). The glutted children involve those with Marasmus, Kwashiorkor and Marasmic- kwashiorkor. Venous blood( 2 ml) was collected from both PEM children and control for biochemical analysis using standard styles. Results attained show that mean serum total protein(55.76 ±3.95) and albumin(26.43 ±2.78) situations and superoxide dismutase( SOD)(1.87 ±0.32) and glutathione peroxidase( GPx)(42.38 ±5.03) conditioning in glutted children were significantly lower.

Chapter One

Preface

Background of the Study

Severe malnutrition is common among developing countries both in pastoral and civic areas( Psaki etal., 2012). It’s responsible for at least half of the7.6 million child ‟ sdeaths each time indeveloping countries( Park etal., 2012). Children who are inadequately nourished suffer up to 160 days of illness each time( UNICEF, 2008). Malnutrition magnifies the goods of every complaint, including measles and malaria. The estimated proportions of deaths in which malnutrition is an underpinning cause are diarrhoea( 61), malaria( 57), pneumonia( 52) and measles( 45)( Black etal., 2003). Protein- energy malnutrition( PEM) is one of the most current and ruinous forms of malnutrition in the world( Whitney and Rolfes, 2008).