Nutraceuticals in the Management of Sickle Cell Anemia
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Date
2015
Authors
Imaga, Ngozi Awa
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Taylor and Francis
Abstract
Sickle cell disorder or sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of hereditary illnesses affecting the red
cell hemoglobin. Various types of these disorders exist including sickle thalassemia and sickle cell
anemia (SCA; HbSS), also known as drepanocytosis. Parents who possess heterozygous genotypes
(HbAS) are sickle cell carriers, and their offspring have a one in four chance of having a homozygous
sickle genotype (HbSS) or a homozygous normal genotype (HbAA).1,2
In our daily diets, there are food substances we take that are rich in antioxidants and other nutritional
components that help boost the immune system and ward off diseases. SCA is a genetic disease,
and so dietary supplements cannot stop the manifestation of the disorder, but a well-
nourished
and supplemented SCD individual can be spared the severity of the disease and go about life without
the crisis episodes inherent in the disorder.
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Research Subject Categories::NATURAL SCIENCES::Chemistry::Biochemistry , Antisickling phytochemicals , Antioxidants , Nutritional supplementation
Citation
Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods in Human Health and Disease Prevention edited by Debasis Bagchi, Harry G. Preuss, Anand Swaroop. Ngozi Awa Imaga 2015. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, USA. ISBN 9781482237214. https://www.crcpress.com/Nutraceuticals-and-Functional-Foods-in-Human-Health-and-Disease-Prevention/Bagchi-Preuss-Swaroop/p/book/9781482237214