Effect of Different Levels of Wheatgrass (Triticum aestivum) on the Immune System Response in the Experimental Rats

Abstract

Studying the immunity without reference to nutrition is waste of time, not only because enough intakes of nutrients would support the immunity, but also due to the fact that the increase of one nutrient may hinder the effect of another which resulting in immunity depression. Interactions were found between wheatgrass contents antioxidants and protein and other nutrients to enhance immunity The present work was aimed to investigate the Effect of different levels of wheatgrass (Triticum aestivum) on the immune system response in the experimental rats. The efficiency of the immune system or reactivity in experimental rats beside, the biological effect was evaluated. In the present study 40male albino rats weighting form 120+-5g (At the beginning of the experiment were performed).the rats were maintained in air-conditioned room on a 12 hours light /dark cycle at 22+2 OC, and acclimatized under the test conditions for one week before treatments. Rats were fed on basal diet the chemical composition of the given diet was: casein 15%, corn oil 10%, cellulose 5%, vitamin mixture 1%, and salt mixture 4% and corn starch 65%.