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HERO ID
7691631
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Nutritional, antioxidant, glycaemic index and Antihyperglycaemic properties of improved traditional plantain-based (Musa AAB) dough meal enriched with tigernut (Cyperus esculentus) and defatted soybean (Glycine max) flour for diabetic patients
Author(s)
Oluwajuyitan, TD; Ijarotimi, OS; ,
Year
2019
Journal
Heliyon
ISSN:
2405-8440
Volume
5
Issue
4
Page Numbers
e01504
Language
English
PMID
31025013
DOI
10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01504
URL
https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2405844019301380
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Abstract
The study aimed at determining nutritional, antioxidant and blood glucose lowering potentials of improved plantain-based dough meals enriched with defatted soybean and tigernut flour. The constituted dough meals [PSB (plantain 64.46, defatted soybean 35.54%), TNS (tigernut 59.83, defatted soybean 40.17%); PTS (plantain 51.07, tigernut, 11.50, defatted soybean, 37.43%); TNT (100% tigernuts); PLT (100% plantain) and CNT (a commercial flour)] were evaluated for nutritional, antioxidant and blood glucose concentration in streptozotocin-induced diabetics rats. The improved dough meals contained appreciable amount of protein, energy value, and high in antioxidative activity than PLT. Blood glucose reducing potential of improved plantain-based dough meals (60.5-71.9%) in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats was higher than PLT, but comparable to acarbose (anti-diabetic drug) (69%). The present study established that improved traditional plantain-based dough meals (particularly PTS) was high in essential nutrients, antioxidative activities, and blood glucose reducing potentials. Hence, the dough-meals may be suitable for diabetes management.
Keywords
Food science; Nutrition
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