Abstract
Nutritional quality and hematological indices of rats fed biscuits made from wheat flour fortified with casein,
soybean and Bambara groundnut flours were investigated. Wheat flour (WF) was blended in each case with cooked,
blanched and cooked/blanched soybean (SF) and Bambara groundnut (BGF) flours in the ratios of 70:30 (WF:SF) and 70:30
(WF:BGF), respectively and used for the production of short soft dough biscuits. The resulting biscuit flours were used for
the formulation of test diets whereas casein based diet was used as control and fed to weanling albino rats’ for28 days. At
the end of the 28-day feeding period, the blood samples of each group were collected, preserved and used for hematological
assays. After that, the rats were sacrificed and their liver, heart and kidney were excised and weighed. The study showed that
weight of liver of rats maintained on casein based diet differed significantly (p0.05) from those fed soybean and Bambara
groundnut biscuit diets. There were no significant differences (p
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OJIMELUKWE, PHILIPPA and A.N., J.O. . "Nutritional Quality of Wheat Biscuits Fortified with Soybean and Bambara Groundnut Flours." Afribary (2018). Accessed November 20, 2024. https://track.afribary.com/works/nutritional-quality-of-wheat-biscuits-fortified-with-soybean-and-bambara-groundnut-flours