scholarly journals Staple food crops from Brazilian Biofortification Program have high protein quality and hypoglycemic action in Wistar rats

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 140-149
Author(s):  
Desirrê Morais DIAS ◽  
Mariana Juste Contin GOMES ◽  
Maria Eliza de Castro MOREIRA ◽  
Dorina NATAL ◽  
Roberta Ribeiro SILVA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wistar Rats ◽  
Protein Quality ◽  
High Protein ◽  
Food Crops ◽  
Staple Food ◽  
Hypoglycemic Action

scholarly journals Effect of climate variability on yields of selected staple food crops in northern Ghana

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 100205
Author(s):  
Frank Baffour-Ata ◽  
Philip Antwi-Agyei ◽  
Elias Nkiaka ◽  
Andrew J. Dougill ◽  
Alexander K. Anning ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Variability ◽  
Northern Ghana ◽  
Food Crops ◽  
Staple Food

scholarly journals Effects of proportional high-protein/low-carbohydrate formulated diet consumption in diabetic rats: Beneficial impact on glycemic and weight control

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (07) ◽  
pp. 16984-16996
Author(s):  
MMC Anyakudo ◽  
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DO Adeniji ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Wistar Rats ◽  
Treated Group ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
High Protein ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Formulated Diet ◽  
Low Carbohydrate ◽  
Male Wistar Rats ◽  
And Control

The metabolic response to nutrient ingestion and the rate of digestion and absorption of nutrient molecules in bowel physiology plays an important role in the metabolic control of some human chronic non-infectious diseases. This experimentally-controlled designed nutritional study which lasted eight weeks aimed to determine the effects of proportional high-protein/low-carbohydrate (HP/LC) formulated diet on glycemic tolerance, glycemic control, body weight, organ weight and organ morphometry in healthy and diabetic adult male Wistar rats. Twenty-four male Wistar rats purchased from a disease-free stock were randomly categorized into four groups (n = 6, each) after two weeks acclimatization period in raised stainless steel cages with 6 mm2mesh floor and replaceable numbered blotters papers placed under each cage in a well-ventilated animal house. Animal groups include: Healthy control group (HC), Healthy treated group (HT), Diabetic control group (DC) and Diabetic treated group (DT. The animals were fed according to the experimental design with water ad libitumfor eight weeks. Diabetes was inducted with freshly prepared alloxan monohydrate solution (150 mg/kg bw, intraperitoneally). Body weights and fasting blood sugar concentrations were measured twice weekly, while oral glucose tolerance test was conducted on the last day of the eighth-week study and subsequently followed by organs extraction after anesthesia for weight and gross assessment. Proportional high-protein/low-carbohydrate formulated diet caused significant reduction in mean body weight of treated diabetic (DT: 22.6%; P= .001) and healthy (HT: 5.8%; P= .007) rats while the control animals on control diet recorded significant (P< .05) increase in body weight gain (DC: 12.4%; HC: 11.2%). Glycemic tolerance and control improved significantly in diabetic treated rats over that of the healthy treated rats. Gross morphometry of the extracted organs (kidneys, liver, heart, lungs, spleen and testes) revealed sustained normal morphological features without any visible lesion. In conclusion, consumption of proportional high-protein/low-carbohydrate formulated diet enhanced body weight reduction and sustained normal organ morphological features with good glycemic tolerance and control in experimental rats, suggesting its dietary potentiality, safety and suitability to ameliorate obesity-related diabetes.

scholarly journals Nutritionally Enhanced Staple Food Crops

2012 ◽  
pp. 169-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sangam L. Dwivedi ◽  
Kanwar L. Sahrawat ◽  
Kedar N. Rai ◽  
Matthew W. Blair ◽  
Meike S. Andersson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Crops ◽  
Staple Food

scholarly journals Biofortification of Staple Food Crops

2006 ◽  
Vol 136 (4) ◽  
pp. 1064-1067 ◽  
Author(s):  
Penelope Nestel ◽  
Howarth E. Bouis ◽  
J. V. Meenakshi ◽  
Wolfgang Pfeiffer
Keyword(s):  
Food Crops ◽  
Staple Food

Antinutrients Level in Staple Food Crops in Ebonyi-Nigeria

2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
pp. 302-309
Author(s):  
C.O. Edeogu . ◽  
C.E. Ekuma .
Keyword(s):  
Food Crops ◽  
Staple Food
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