Pakistan Journal of Nutrition1680-51941994-7984Asian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/pjn.2016.837.845NurlailiEnny Purwati AstutiMary MarsonoYustinus NarukiSri 92016159Rice is a leading staple food in Southeast Asia and it is typically milled before consumption. Black rice found in Indonesia is classified as Oryza sativa L. The color in the grain is caused by anthocyanin pigments that give the hulled rice a dark purple color. We found that extracts from black rice bran have high levels of iron and anthocyanins. The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential of an aqueous extract of black rice bran to prevent anemia and hypertriglyceridemia in vivo. Anemia and hypertriglyceridemia were induced in twenty-eight three-week old male albino Wistar rats (Rattus norvegicus); the rats were divided into a control (C) group or 3 treatment groups of bran (B), bran extract (E), or extraction residue (R). The results showed that differences among the groups based on feed consumption, Hemoglobin Regeneration Efficiency (HRE) and the erythrocyte morphology of rats were not significant. Black rice bran aqueous extract prevented anemia and hypertriglyceridemia by increasing the hemoglobin Hb level from 7.21 to 12.96 g/dl and by reducing triglycerides from 179.29 to 56.55 mg/dl.]]>Allen, L., B. de Benoist, O. Dary and R. Hurrell,2006Pages: 370Pages: 370Almatsier, S.,2001MoH.,20132013Brownlie, T., V. Utermohlen, P.S. Hinton and J.D. Haas,200473437443Choi, J.W., S.K. Kim and S.H. Pai,200131151156Fields, M. and C.G. Lewis,199948200204Ghiselli, A., M. Nardini, A. Baldi and C. Scaccini,199846361367Gregorio, G.B., D. Senadhira, T. Htut and R.D. Graham,1999237781Haas, J.D. and T. Brownlie,2001131676S690SHernandez, M., V. Sousa, A. Moreno, S. Villapando and M. Lopez-Alarcon,2003133154159Kaneda, I., H. Yasui, Y. Adachi, J. Takada and H. Sakurai,200516241249Kaneda, I., F. Kubo and H. Sakurai,2007214551Kim, J., X. Jia, P.D. Buckett, S. Liu, C.H. Lee and M. Wessling-Resnick,20132716571663Kong, S. and J. Lee,2010120278281Meng, F., Y. Wei and X. Yang,200518333338Mpiana, P.T., K.N. Ngbolua, M.T. Bokota, T.K. Kasonga, E.K. Atibu, D.S. Tshibangu and V. Mudogo,2010In vitro effects of anthocyanin extracts from Justicia secunda VAHL on the solubility of haemoglobin S and membrane stability of sickle erythrocytes.]]>8248254Ono, K., N. Sugihara, Y. Hirose and K. Katagiri,200352135138, (In Japanese)Provan, D.,19991051926Reeves, P.G., F.H. Nielsen and G.C. Fahey Jr.,199312319391951Stoltzfus, R.J., J.D. Kvalsvig, H.M. Chwaya, A. Montresor and M. Albonico,200232313891393Tedesco, I., G.L. Russo, F. Nazzaro, M. Russo and R. Palumbo,200112505511Theil, E.C.,200424327343WHO.,2001Wu, A.C., L. Lesperance and H. Bernstein,200223171177Yamagishi, H., H. Okazaki, M. Shimizu, T. Izawa and T. Komabayashi,200011455460