Broamadiolone is an anticoagulant, recommended as 0.005% bait for controlling rodent pests. Present study was conducted to investigate the toxicity potential of sublethal doses of bromadiolone (0.001% bait) along with blood clotting response in house rat, Rattus rattus. Mature and healthy rats of both sexes were divided into three groups. Rats of group I were fed on bait containing 0.001% broma...

Legumes are the cheapest source of proteins with desirable nutritional qualities like ability to lower serum cholesterol with high fibre content and high concentration of polyunsaturated fatty acids. In this context, underutilized legumes including tribal pulses viz, Canavalia ensiformis (jack bean), Macrotyloma uniflorum (horse gram) and Phaseolus lunatus (lima bean) were powdered and evaluate...

The nutrient and anti nutrient composition of some standardized sweet potato dishes in Kwara state was determined using official methods of analysis. The indigenous sweet potato dishes analysed included pounded sweet potato/yam; sweet potato leaf soup; boiled sweet potato; fried sweet potatoes and sweet potato/ beans pottage. There were significant differences (p < 0.05) for moisture content wh...

the influence of 0-27 g/100g of full-fat soy flour (ffsf), 31-35g/100g of water content and extrusion conditions on the textural characteristics of spaghetti were evaluated. process was performed with screw speed of 10-40 rpm and water circulating temperature of 35-70°c. this enrichment resulted in significant differences in mechanical strength and cutting parameter. based on the mixture surfac...

A total of twenty-three Australian Bass Strait scallops, Pecten fumatus processed by three different cooking methods: steam, battered and deep-fry, and pan-fry were analysed to determine the total lipid and health-benefiting n-3 PUFA contents. Fry process resulted in a significantly higher lipid content (p<0.05) with 1.98g/100g being found in deep-fried and 1.78g/100g in pan-fried scallops whil...

The biochemical changes occurring during growth and storage of two yam cultivars (Dioscorea rotundata cv. Oshei and Dioscorea dumetorum cv. Jakri) were studied. Tubers were harvested at monthly intervals from the fourth to the tenth month after 50% emergence of the planted yam sets. For storage studies, Oshei and Jakri tubers were harvested 9.5 and 9 months post-emergence, respectively. These w...

Australians consume substantially more sodium than recommended. Three quarters of dietary sodium derives from processed food and the growing ready meal category is a significant contributor. This study examined changes in sodium levels of Australian ready meal products between 2008 and 2011. Sodium data were systematically collected from all product labels in the same 5 stores each year. Mean s...

BACKGROUND The blood flow capacity in subcutaneous adipose tissue in humans remains largely unknown, and therefore the aim of this study was to determine the physiological range of blood flow in this tissue. METHODS AND RESULTS The subcutaneous adipose tissue blood flow (ATBF) was measured in 9 healthy young men by positron emission tomography using radiowater tracer. Subcutaneous ATBF was de...

Water hardness is known to control the uptake and toxicity of zinc and other metals through either chemical competition, biological acclimation, or both processes. The dominant process controlling zinc uptake has not been previously elucidated, nor has the effect of calcium been investigated independently of other cations. We determined zinc uptake by rainbow trout acclimated and exposed to fou...