SOMESEED SPROUTING USING SALINE WATER AND THEIR BIOCHEMICAL EFFECTS ON ALBINO RATS

Abstract

Canola (Brassica juncea L.) and mustard (Sinapis alba L.) seed sprouts using tap water (TWS) and saline water (SWS) for sprouting were used to study the effect of seed sprouting on sprout characters. Using low NaCl concentration recorded the tallest canola and mustard sprouts lenth. Canola and mustard sprouts dry weight decreased as the sprouting NaCl concentration increased. Canola and mustard were used to study their hypoglycemic properties against diabetes- induced rats. The rats were distributed into 6 groups, 1-normal control with standard diet, 2-diabetic control with standard diet, 3-diabetic with SWS of canola semi-modified stander diet, 4-diabetic with TWS of canola semi-modified stander diet, 5-diabetic with SWS of mustard semi-modified stander diet, 6-diabetic with TWS of mustard semi-modifiedstander diet each group of 6 rats. Diabetes was induced by streptozotocin (STZ) injection (60mg/kg body weight). STZ- induced diabetic rats showed significant increase in the levels of blood glucose, cholesterol, triglycride, LDL-c, VLDL-c, and urea as well as ALT and ALK-Ph activities, also relative kidneys and hart weights with mustered sprout.