1. The effects of exercise on iron metabolism in adult female rats
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Gagne, Christine Mona and Human Nutrition and Foods
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Rats -- Physiology ,LD5655.V856 1985.G336 ,Exercise -- Physiological aspects ,Rats -- Experiments ,Iron -- Metabolism - Abstract
The effects of exercise training and iron intake on iron metabolism in adult female rats were investigated. Adult female Sprague-Dawley rats were assigned to either an exercise (E) or sedentary (S) group and fed either a diet containing 9 ppm (9) of dietary iron (low iron level), or 40 ppm (40) of iron (a level slightly above the National Research Council recommendations). The exercise animals were subjected to a program of swimming, 5 days/week, over a 6- week period. Total food intake and final body weight were similar between the E and S groups. In both 40-E and 9-E animals, concentration of serum iron was significantly (P
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- 1985