Effect of cottonseed milk on growth performance, hematological and semen characteristics in male Wistar albino rats-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Effect of cottonseed milk on growth performance, hematological and semen characteristics in male Wistar albino rats

Published:2023-04-03 Issue:1 Volume:5 Page:
ISSN:2661-8974
Container-title:Food Production, Processing and Nutrition
language:en
Short-container-title:Food Prod Process and Nutr

Author:

Subramani Thirukkumar^ORCID,Ganapathyswamy Hemalatha^ORCID,Sampathrajan Vellaikumar^ORCID,David Raj C.^ORCID

Abstract

AbstractVarious plant based milk extract is appropriate for human nutrition among which cottonseed is one of the potential crops with the advantages of stable milk emulsion, improved nutrient profile with affordable waste utilization. Although cottonseed milk is a popular indigenous beverage, it has not been exploited worldwide for regular consumption owing to the presence of gossypol. The gossypol toxicity and associated gossypol-iron complex formation in the intestine lead to changes in hematological characteristics and alternation of sperm motility in monogastric animals. Male Wistar albino rats weighing 60 to 70 g were divided into four groups of five animals each. The group fed the standard diet (STD) served as control, and the experimental groups included the group (i) rats fed cottonseed diet (CSD) supplemented at 10% of cottonseed level (ii) rats fed conventional aqueous extracted cottonseed milk (CCM) diet (CAD) and (iii) rats fed enzymatic assisted aqueous extracted cottonseed milk (ECM) diet (EAD). The CAD and EAD feed was administrated @ 1 ml/100 g of animal body weight /day for the study period of 45 days among the experimental groups and control group. A significant difference in weight gain of the experimental rats was noticed between the CCM and ECM cottonseed milk extracts fed experimental groups compared with the standard and cottonseed fed groups. The rats fed with CSD, CCM and ECM diet exhibited higher white blood cell counts, also reducing the red blood cells count, hemoglobin hematocrit and platelet in the group compared with STD. No significant difference in semen motility characteristics was noticed among the CSD, CCM and ECM fed groups. In conclusion, the intake of less than the permissible level of gossypol from selected cottonseed and its aqueous extracted milk samples has influenced the hematological parameters and whereas an improved effect was shown in semen characteristics. Graphical Abstract

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Nutrition and Dietetics,Food Science

Link

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s43014-022-00125-w.pdf

Reference45 articles.

1. Agarwal, D., Singh, P., Chakrabarty, M., Shaikh, A., & Gayal, S. (2003). Cottonseed oil quality, utilization and processing. CICR Technical Bulletin, 25, 1–16.

2. Alaba, O., Adenuga, B., Odu, O., & Adejumo, D. (2021). Effect of cottonseed meal supplemented with tryptophan on growth performance and organ development of rabbit bucks. International Journal of Animal Science, Husbandry and Livestock Production, 7(5), 398–401.

3. Amini, A., & Kamkar, F. (2005). The effects of gossypol on spermatogenesis in NMRI mice. Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, 29(1), 123–133.

4. AOAC (2000). Official methods of analysis. Gaithersburg: The Association of Official Analytical Chemists.

5. Babatunde, D. J., Tope, O. O., Fidelis, O. E., Enevwo, O. G., & Olugbenga, E. (2021). Aqueous extract of adansonia digitata reversed cotton seed extract-induced testicular damage in wistar rats. JBRA Assisted Reproduction, 25(2), 257–265. https://doi.org/10.5935/1518-0557.20200092.