Effects of Solanum aethiopicum Fruit on Plasma Lipid Profile in rats
To investigate the effects of the inclusion of graded levels of S. aethiopicum fruit in the feed of rats on plasma lipid profile. 20 male and 20 female rats were grouped into four groups of 5rats each per sex and fed on diets containing 0%, 4%, 8% and 12% S. aethiopicum fruit for 28days. Thereafter, the plasma triacylglycerol, cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, VLDL cholesterol and LDL cholesterol...
Published at Advances in Bioresearch
Volume 4 (4)
Issue Print ISSN 0976-4585; Online ISSN 2277-1573
Pages 79-84
Published in 2013
Shalom Nwodo Chinedu, Okwuchukwu K. Eboji and Solomon O. Rotimi
Chinedu Shalom » Shalom Nwodo Chinedu, a Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, is a faculty in the Department of Biochemistry, College of Science and Technology, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria. Professor Chinedu is a seasoned academic, researcher and University administrator. He has been actively engaged in University education since 1992. He is the immediate past Director of the African... view full profile