EFFECTS OF PROCESSED VIGNA SUBTERRANEA (BAMBARA GROUNDNUTS) SEEDS ON HEPATIC SERUM ENZYMES IN ALBINO WISTAR RAT
Ukpanukpong R. U.*, Uyabeme R.N., Adeosun M. A., Otu D. O. and Fafioye R. O.
ABSTRACT
Seventy Wistar albino rats were used in a 28 days feed trial to
determine the impact of different processed seeds of Vigna
subterranea on the levels of serum enzymes. There were seven (7)
experimental groups each made up of ten rats, allocated to the
experimental diets. In this study it was observed that rats fed with the
different processed samples of Vigna subterranea significantly
increased in weights of the rats at P<0.05. Haematological tests were
also conducted and subsequent data revealed an increase (P<0.05) in
the Packed cell volume (PCV), haemoglobin, Mean Corpuscular
haemoglobin concentration (MCHC), and total red blood cell of the rats fed with different
processed seeds of Vigna subterranea. This was accompanied with a significant increase in
the total white blood cell of the rats fed with roasted and raw samples of Vigna subterranea
as against other experimental groups when compared with the control group. Serum
transaminases; aspartate transaminase and alanine transaminases (AST and ALT) and serum
alkaline phosphatase (ALP) showed significant (p<0.05) increase in activity in the serum of
rats fed with roasted and fermented samples of Vigna subterranea as against other
experimental groups when compared with the control group.
Keywords: Body weight indices, Hepatic serum enzymes and Heamatological indices.
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