Nutritional performance and antioxidant activities of roasted and unroasted sprouted sorghum-based weaning diets in Wistar rats.

The nutritional performance and antioxidant profile of sprouted sorghum-based weaning diets were evaluated in weaning wistar rats. Rats were fed basal diet, unroasted germinated sorghum-based diet, roasted germinated sorghum-based diet, or a commercial weaning feed (nutrend) for 28 days. Energy, carbohydrate, crude protein, lipids, crude fiber, and ash contents of the sorghum-based diets compared significantly with FAO/WHO recommendations.

Nutritional and antioxidant dispositions of sorghum/millet-based beverages indigenous to Nigeria.

Sorghum/millet-based beverages, Obiolor and Pito, were evaluated for their nutritional and antioxidant dispositions. Analyzed Obiolor and Pito contained 96% and 97% moisture; 7.8% and 3.

Selected spices and their combination modulate hypercholesterolemia-induced oxidative stress in experimental rats.

Background: Effect of aqueous extracts of Allium sativum (garlic), Zingiber officinale (ginger), Capsicum fructensces (cayenne pepper) and their mixture on oxidative stress in rats fed high Cholesterol/high fat diet was investigated. Rats were randomly distributed into six groups (n=6) and given different dietary/spice treatments. Group 1 standard rat chow (control), group 2, hypercholesterolemic diet plus water, and groups 3, 4, 5, 6, hypercholesterolemic diet with 0.

Endotoxin-induced coagulation reactions and phenoloxidase activity modulation in Sudanonautes africanus hemolymph fractions.

Sudanonautes africanus is a freshwater crab local to Nigeria and West Africa that has no documentation of its innate immunity reactions. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide [LPS]) on coagulation and on phenoloxidase (PO) activity in the hemolymph fractions of S. africanus.

Effect of Escherichia coli endotoxin on Archachatina marginata hemolymph coagulation system.

Context: Archachatina marginata Swainson (Achatinidae) is found in Nigeria, West Africa. Its hemolymph is applied as a disinfectant to blades and fresh cuts of circumcision in Yorubaland. The hemolymph is also used in traditional medicine practice.

Biochemical evaluation of leachate-contaminated groundwater on the kidney of Albino rats.

The effect of leachate-contaminated groundwater on the cells of the kidney was evaluated. Serum Na(+) concentration of control rats was observed to be 120+/-1.0 nmol/l while that of rat placed on simulated leachate was 180+/-4.