Experiment 965761
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | IN RATION |
| Organism | Manihot esculenta (EUPHORBIACEAE) |
| Citation | KAMALU,BP:. (1991). THE EFFECT OF A NUTRITIONALLY-BALANCED CASSAVA (MANIHOT ESCULENTA CRANTZ) DIET ON ENDOCRINE FUNCTION USING THE DOG AS A MODEL 1. PANCREAS.. 65(3) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | ANIMALS WERE FED DIET IN WHICH CASSAVA(RICE, IN CONTROLS) PROVIDED THE CARBOHYDRATE. AFTER 14 WEEKS THE PLASMA AMINO ACID INDEX OF GLUCONEOGENESIS WAS 5.077 TIMES GREATER IN THE CASSAVA-FED COMPARED TO CONTROL ANIMALS. THIS VALUE WAS 1.912 TIMES GREATER THAN CONTROLS IN A THIRD GROUP FED RICE AND HCN. PLASMA LIPASE ACTIVITY WAS SIGNIFICANTLY ELEVATED IN CASSAVA-FED VS.CONTROLS . PLASMA THIOCYANATE LEVELS WERE ELEVATED IN BOTH CASSAVA-AND HCN-FED ANIAMSL, BUT SIGNIFICANTLY MORE SO IN THE LATTER. PANCREAS SHOWED HEMORRHAGE, NECRONSIS, FIBROSIS AND ATROPHY OF ACINAR TISSUE AND FIBROSIS OF ISLETS. HEMORRHAGE WAS LESS PROMINANT AND FIBROSIS MORE SO IN HCN-FED ANIMALS. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | DOG |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | TUBER |