Saccharum officinarum molasses adversely alters reproductive functions in male wistar rats

Detrimental Effects of Saccharum officinarum Juice on Reproductive Functions of Female Wistar Rats

“…The phytochemicals present in Saccharum officinarum juice include cardiac glycoside, terpenoids, saponins, and reducing sugar in line with previous findings that it contains phenolic compounds with great biological activities (De-Armas et al, 1999;Ashade et al, 2014;Ogunwole et al, 2020). The observed inviolate fasting blood glucose level of the treated rats implied that the glycemic index of Saccharum officinarum juice was probably adequate to maintain a normal fasting blood glucose level of the female rats during the short period of 21 days juice administration in contrast with Ogunwole et al (2020) who reported increases in fasting blood glucose levels after eight weeks of administration of Saccharum officinarum juice to male Wistar rats.…”

“…Adekunbi et al, (2016) reported that high sucrose and high salt diet adversely altered sperm functions in Sprague-Dawley rats by reducing testicular weight and testosterone hormone levels. The study also revealed that consumption of Saccharum officinarum juice in male rats adversely altered reproductive functions by reducing sperm quality and disrupting testicular architecture (Ogunwole et al, 2020).…”

“…They were randomly divided into four groups (n = 5) and received 1.0 mL/kg/day of distilled water (control), 1.0, 3.2, and 10.0 mL/kg/day of SOJ respectively. The dosage regime was in line with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Ogunwole et al, 2020;OECD, 2022). The administration was done orally once daily for 21 days, body weights were recorded once a week and on the last day of administration using an electronic weighing scale (EK5055, China).…”

THE PROXIMATE COMPOSITION AND METABOLITE PROFILING OF SUGARCANE (Saccharum officinarum) MOLASSES

“…While analyzing the crude protein content, the result showed that sugarcane molasses had a low value presented at only 2.00±0.0%. is the protein content of sugarcane molasses found by this study seems to be the lowest when compared to the previous studies by Ogunwole et al (2020) and Sureshkumar et al (2016), which documented the value of crude proteins of 4.38% and 3%, respectively. According to Curtin (1983), molasses contains a low amount of nitrogen which consists of non-protein nitrogen compounds including amides, albuminoids, and amino acids.…”

“…The carbohydrate content determined in this by-product was 75.10±0.71%. This result was supported by Ogunwole et al (2020) who reported that carbohydrates content in sugarcane molasses was 71.84% and is predominantly made up of sucrose, glucose, and fructose.…”