EFFECTS OF ROASTED TRECULIA AFRICANA AND ARACHIS HYPOGEA SEEDS ON THE LIPID PROFILE OF ADULT ALBINO RATS by Patience Nwonu, Chukwunwike Nwonu, Augustina Amaefula, Scientific Research Journal (Scirj), Volume V, Issue X, October 2017 Edition

Scirj Volume V, Issue X, October 2017 Edition
ISSN: 2201-2796

EFFECTS OF ROASTED TRECULIA AFRICANA AND ARACHIS HYPOGEA SEEDS ON THE LIPID PROFILE OF ADULT ALBINO RATS

Patience Nwonu, Chukwunwike Nwonu, Augustina Amaefula

Abstract: The study investigated the effects of roasted Treculia africana and Arachis hypogea seeds on the triglyceride, total cholesterol, high density and low density lipoproteins of adult female albino rats. This was with a view to determining the lipid lowering activity of the nutritional plants Twenty (20) rats weighing between 140 – 200 g were divided into five (5) groups of four (4) animals each. Group 1 served as control and received growers’ mash only. Groups 2, 3 and 4 received a combination of growers’ mash, Treculia africana and Arachis hypogea seeds while group 5 was administered Arachis hypogea seeds only. Each of the rats received 10 g of the supplements once daily for 28-days. The animals were bled and their sera obtained for triglyceride, total cholesterol, high density and low density lipoproteins assay. The result showed that roasted Treculia africana seeds had no significant reduction in the serum concentrations of triglyceride, total cholesterol, high density and low density lipoproteins of tested animals. However, Arachis hypogea seeds demonstrated a significant (P < 0.05) decrease in the level of serum triglycerides in the tested animals. It had no significant effects on the serum concentrations of total cholesterol, high density and low density lipoproteins. The study, therefore, concluded that roasted Arachis hypogea possesses significant serum hypotriglyceridaemic activity, but lacks activity against total, low and high density lipoprotein cholesterol. Treculia africana on the other hand had no hypolipoproteinaemic activity.

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Search Terms: Treculia africana, Arachis hypogea, shelled peanut, unshelled peanut, growers’ mash and albino rat

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