DIETARY POTENTIALS OF ALBIZZIA, ADANSONIA, DELONIX AND SESAMUM SEED PROTEIN FOR MAINTENANCE OF LABORATORY MICE
DIETARY POTENTIALS OF ALBIZZIA, ADANSONIA, DELONIX AND SESAMUM SEED PROTEIN FOR MAINTENANCE OF LABORATORY MICE
| dc.contributor.author | KAGA, BENEDICT ISHAYA | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-02-20T14:46:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-02-20T14:46:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1999-10 | |
| dc.description | A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE EDUCATIONAL BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES FACULTY OF SCIENCE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA - NIGERIA OCTOBER, 1999. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Three types of wild seeds, namely Albizzia lebbeck, Adansonia digitate Delonix regia as well as Sesamum were chemically analysed for their proximate composition, amino acids and mineral elements using standard methods of analyses. Results of the proximate composition showed that all the seeds had good keeping qualities, Since they had low moisture content. Fermented Delonix was richest in protein, ash, carbohydrates and nitrogen free extract than Sesamum, Adansonia and A lbizzia respectively. Sesamum seeds had the best energy and fat contents followed by Adansonia, Delolix and Albizzia. White Sesamum had more crude protein than Black Sesamum. Adansonia whole seeds were highest in fibre while Delonix kernel had the least amount Fermentation was observed to give a dark brownish, attractive colour and pleasant smelling aroma to the dried fermented kernels of Delonix. Furthermore, fermentation increased lysine, threonine, valine, phenylalanine, cystine, aspartic acid, serine, glycine and alanine and mineral elements such as sodium, calcium, zinc, Iron and copper in fermented Delonix. Albizzia had the poorest amino acid profile. Adansonia had the highest amount of leusine, glutamic acid and proline. Sesemum seeds had the highest arginine, histidine, Methionine, Isoleucine and tyrosine. The feeding trial experiment gave more feed consumption, better weight gain, feed conversion and protein efficiency ratios for mice on Delonix than the control diet. In addition, the mice fed on Delonix diet littered while those of the control diet did Dot Hie investigation provided useful information on the proximate and amino acid vi constituents of Adansonia, Delonix and Black Sesamum. The possibility of incorporating fermented Delonix seeds in animal feeds and their processing into food seasoners were suggested. vii | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2227 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | DIETARY POTENTIALS, | en_US |
| dc.subject | ALBIZZIA, | en_US |
| dc.subject | ADANSONIA, | en_US |
| dc.subject | DELONIX, | en_US |
| dc.subject | SESAMUM SEED PROTEIN, | en_US |
| dc.subject | MAINTENANCE, | en_US |
| dc.subject | LABORATORY MICE. | en_US |
| dc.title | DIETARY POTENTIALS OF ALBIZZIA, ADANSONIA, DELONIX AND SESAMUM SEED PROTEIN FOR MAINTENANCE OF LABORATORY MICE | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |