Haematological and In-Vivo Study of Moringa Oleifera Seed

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine the hematological and nutritional evaluation of Moringa seed. Dietary Samples investigated consisted of Basal dietary, a nitrogen free diet100%(1) Control dietary (2) Basal80%: Pressure cooked Moringa olifera seed10%: soybean10%(3) Basal80%: Oven Roasted Moringa olifera seed10: soybean10%(4) Basal80%: Raw Moringa olifera seed10%: Soybean10%(5). Fifty (50) albino rats were obtained from faculty of Health Science animal breeding centre, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. They were weighed and grouped into five groups of ten each and fed with (Figure 1) five dietary samples for 28days. A commercial product (Milk based) manufactured by Nestle Plc, was purchased from a local supermarket, Ile-Ife, Nigeria and was used as standard control. The growth rate, (non protein diet) for sample dietary 1 declined by 0.7%. Protein samples dietary growth rate increased for samples dietary 2(39.1%), 3(23.9%), 4(23.8%), and 5(17%) respectively. Protein efficiency ratio (PER) Net protein ratio (NPR) Protein retention efficiency (PRE = NPRX16) measured for samples dietary 2, 3, 4, 5 were comparable to the control. The average nitrogen retained in various organs of experimental animals, such as liver, kidney and muscle of the diets 2, 3, 4 5 were favorably comparable to the control respectively. Hematological study of the blood serum analysis of the test rats showed significant (p<0.05) healthy conditions of the packed cell volume, hemoglobin, red blood cells, white blood cells and serum protein were comparable to the control rats. In conclusion Moringa oleifera dietary samples were good potential to be an alternative source to boost human and animal blood, protein, essential amino acids supplements. It is cheap, easily available, could improve human health, meet nutritional requirement for infants, reach at affordable price and available for the rural dweller populace.