THE IMMUNOSTIMULATORY POTENTIAL OF FERMENTED BENISEEDS (SESAMUM INDICUM LINN) LIQOUR ON ALBINO RATS
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2012
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Science Journal Publication
Abstract
The immune-stimulatory potential of natural liquid fermentation of
beniseed liquor was assessed in-vivo using young adult albino rats. They
were fed with a specific volume of the liquor at 100mg/ml for a period of
three weeks after which their blood was subjected to haematological and
biochemical analyses. The haematological assay for the biosafety analyses
of the liquor on the albino rats showed that the liquor significantly
increased the blood parameters when given a dose of 0.75ml at 100mg/ml
daily. The biochemical analyses of the blood of the albino rats used showed
that the liquor caused significant increase in the level of bicarbonate, urea,
uric acid and calcium. The liver functioning tests for the rats showed that
the liquor caused a little increase in the serum total protein and alkaline
phosphatase without any significant rise in the cholesterol level. The results
obtained from these in-vivo analyses of fermented beniseed liquor has
shown that beniseeds possess excellent nutraceutic properties with good
immunostimulatory potential and that it can be used as a good antidiarrhoeagenic agent.
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Immune-stimulatory potential, ferment beniseed, Sesamum, Indicumlinn
Citation
Momoh, A. O., Adebolu, T. T., & Ogundare, A. O. (2012). THE IMMUNOSTIMULATORY POTENTIAL OF FERMENTED BENISEEDS (SESAMUM INDICUM LINN) LIQOUR ON ALBINO RATS. Science Journal of Microbiology, 2012.