EFFECTS OF RED BANANA MEAL SUPPLEMENTED WITH VITAMIN ON RATS BIOCHEMICAL INDICES

Abstract

This study aimed at comparing the effects of peeled and unpeeled red banana meal with vitamin C, B12 and
B complex supplementation on some biochemical indices of different groups of Wistar rats. Forty eight (48)
weanling albino Wistar rats weighing between 41 – 57 g were used. They were randomly selected into six
(6) groups consisting of eight (8) rats. Coded as Unpeeled Red Banana with Vitamin (URWV), Unpeeled
Red Banana without Vitamin (URWO), Peeled Red Banana with Vitamin (PRWV), Peeled Red Banana
without Vitamin (PRWV), nutribom and normal rat pellet. They experimental animals were acclimatized for
3days and animals were given food and water for 21days the left overs were recorded daily. At the end of
the 21days feeding, animals were anesthetized using chloroform vapour, blood sample taken for biochemical
analyses serum AST, ALT, ALP, lipid profile were assayed .The results of the study showed that serum ALT
of rat fed with unpeeled red banana with vitamin (URWV) was 26.88 ± 2.65µl/L while rat fed with nutribom
(control) was 26.75 ± 1.60 µl/L. The ALP of rats fed with URWV was 239.43 ± 35.25 µl/L which increased
significantly (P ? 0.05) when compared with control (184.11 ± 16.68 µl\L/). Total cholesterol increased
significantly in URWV 3.87 ± 0.13 µl/L (p ? 0.05) when compared with control 1.86 ± 0.17 µl/L, TG & HDL
level were not significantly higher than the control in URWV, PRWV and PRWO. Total protein, albumin and
globulin in all the groups were not significantly different (p ? 0.05) when compared with nutribom the
control.