Biological studies on albino rats fed with Sorghum bicolor starch hydrolyzed with α-amylase from Rhizopus sp.

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1999-2005

  Adebiyi, A O ^a,b   Oladipo, I C ^a   Ayandele, A A ^a   Adebiyi, A P ^a,b   Adelowo, O O ^a  

^a LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Albino rats; Biological studies; Feed formulation; Hydrolysis; Rhizopus sp.; Sorghum bicolor starch; amylase

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; HEMOGLOBIN; STARCH;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMATOCRIT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYDROLYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; RAT; RHIZOPUS; SORGHUM; SORGHUM BICOLOR;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RHIZOPUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 46349089544     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb2008.000-5047     Document Type: Article

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