1. Against the belief that Korean is characterized anthropologiclly by its brachycephalic skull,. it is curious that Korean newborns show dolichocephalic skull as the other races. Korean women customarily take Undaria pinnatifida soup for about three to four weeks after delivery with traditional racial belief that acceleration of milk secretion and clearing of uterus are achieved by the sea weed. To determine the relation between the long standing feeding of Undaria sea weed of Korean women after delivery and aletration of skull shape of the new born or infant, on the serum of the Kid rabbits, the following fourteen components are determined chemically, after feeding of Undaria pinnatifida added to the basal diet, glucose, B.U.N., total protein, albumin chloride, sodium, potassium, calcium, inorgqnic phosphorus, alkaline phosphatase, CO, combining power, total bilirubin, SCOT, and total cholesterol.
2. The experimental group is fed by 2 grams of air dried Undaria pinnatifida per 100 grams of sum total body weight of mother and kid rabbits per day upon the basal diet for forty days. The experimental group revealed sigificant decrease of the following serum components compared to the control group: calcium, total protein, total cholesterol, SGOT, alkaline phosphatase. P<0.01 These results suggest that the Undaria pinnatifida may cause generalized metabolic changes as changes in calcium metabolism.
3. Significant decrease of total serum cholesterol, alkaline phosphatase, and SGOT is seen in the experimental group fed by 0.3 mg Iodine (iodine content of 2. 0 gm of Undaria) per 100 gm of sum teal body weight of mother and kid rabbits, compared to the control group. P<0. 01
4. The experimental group fed by 0.4gm sodium alginate (sodium alginate content of 2. Ogm of Undaria) per 100gm of sum total body weight of mother and kid rabbits per day revealed significant decrease of calcium and alkaline phosphatase compared to the control group. p<0.01
5. The experimental group fed 0. 49M of Undaria per 100gm of sum total body weight of mother and kid rabbits pet day showed significant decrease of alkaline pohsphatase and SGOT. p<0.01
6. The expeimertal group fed by 0.08gm sodium alginate (sodium alignate content in 0.4gm of Undaria) per 100 grams of sum total body weight of mother and kid rabbits per day revcaled significant increase of total protein and calcium and significant decrase of alkaline phosphatase and SGOT. p<0.01
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