Impact of Blighia sapida (k. Koenig) aril powder level in diet on the growth and the well-being of albino Wistar rats

Abstract

The aim of the present investigation was to evaluate the impact of Blighia sapida aril level in diet on the growth of albino Wistar rats and their welfare. A quantity of B. sapida arils was cooked and lyophilized. Thirty six young albinos Wistar rats teams up in six with six homogeneous groups were used for a four weeks research. Young rats group were fed ad libitum with six different diets which can be distinguished by the level of B. sapida arils powder. There were control diet (0% B. sapida arils powder), diet Bs 1 (6.25% B. sapida arils powder), diet Bs 2 (12.5% B. sapida arils powder), diet Bs 3 (25% B. sapida arils powder), diet Bs 4 (50% B. sapida arils powder) and diet Bs 5 (75% B. sapida arils powder). Body weight was measured weekly and the animals were observed for signs of abnormalities throughout the study. At the end of the experimentation, blood sample was collected and analyzed. Results show that the growth of rats fed with diets Bs 1 , Bs 2 and Bs 3 were normal as compared to the growth of rats fed with the control diet. On the other hand, growth retardation was noticed on rats fed with diets Bs 4 and Bs 5. However, rats coat fed with diets Bs 4 and Bs 5 were also normal. Again, for rats fed with diets Bs 4 and Bs 5 , a level (p<0.05) of total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol was noticed as compared to values obtained in rats of the other groups.In the case of natural disaster, the consumption of B. sapida aril could be used as nutritional base at a degree neighboring 50% of the nutritional need of the organism. Outside this value, growth retardation and a level of total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol can be noticed.

Impact of Blighia sapida (k. Koenig) aril consumption on viscera and their functionalities

“…Previous studies showed that Blighia sapida arils consumption at degree close to 50 % of the daily nutritional intake did not have any impact on the growth of rats which consumed these diets [1]. In fact coat quality, the well-being and the lipids parameters of the rats were normal in comparison to that of rats which consumed a usual control diet call AIN-93G [2].…”

Evaluating the Effects of Drying Temperatures on the Nutritional and Bioactive Quality of Ackee Aril Apples

“…Crude Fibre Content Ackee aril apples have been identified as a rich source of dietary fibre, which is beneficial for digestion and offers numerous health advantages. These include lowering cholesterol levels and reducing the risk of cardiovascular diseases, obesity, colon diseases, and type 2 diabetes (Anupama and Sunilkumar, 2019;Ouattara et al, 2010).…”

Intoxication of the immature fruit of the ackee (Blighia sapida Koenig): Summary and development

“…The ackee (Blighia sapida) is a medium-sized tree in the Sapindaceae family native to West Africa. The plant is said to have been introduced from Guinea to the Antilles, and to Jamaica in 1789, thanks to the slave trade [2,5,7,8]. It is a species close to the "lychee" (Litchi chinensis).…”

“…Proteins are also well represented with 20% while carbohydrates are low, representing less than 10% [14]. Aril is also rich in vitamin C and contains various other vitamins and minerals, mainly magnesium, sodium, calcium and phosphorus [7,8,10,15,16]. However, the aril contains, when the fruit is not ripe, a toxic compound, hypoglycin, which exists in two forms A (Figure 5) and B (Figure 6) [2,8,17].…”

“…Aril is also rich in vitamin C and contains various other vitamins and minerals, mainly magnesium, sodium, calcium and phosphorus [7,8,10,15,16]. However, the aril contains, when the fruit is not ripe, a toxic compound, hypoglycin, which exists in two forms A (Figure 5) and B (Figure 6) [2,8,17]. It is an amino acid not included in the composition of proteins, isolated (as well as its gamma-glutamyl derivative, hypoglycin B) for the first time in 1955 by Hassal and Reyle [7].…”