Effect of dietary substitution with solvent extracted neem seed cake on growth and nitrogen metabolism of albino rats (wistar strain)

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 3048-3052

  James, D B ^a   Ameh, D A ^a   Agbaji, A S ^b  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b National Research Institute for Chemical Technology   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Albino rats; Neem seed; Nitrogen metabolism; Processed cake; Solvent extraction; Substitution

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; METHANOL; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH RATE; MALE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NITROGEN URINE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PROTEIN INTAKE; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOYBEAN; WATER CONTENT; WEIGHT GAIN; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; RATTUS;

EID: 67650501276     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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