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Effects of a Diet containing Garcinia kola seeds on the Blood of Adult Male Wistar Rats

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Abstract

To study the effects of ingestion of G. kola diet on the blood profile of adult wistar rats, forty adult male wistar rats were used. They were obtained from the animal house of the faculty of Pharmaceutical sciences, University of Nigeria Nsukka and divided into four groups I-IV of ten rats each. they were acclimatized to the conditions of the animal house of the University of Nigeria Taching hospital Enugu for a period of two weeks. Groups I, II and III were fed 30% w/w, 20% w/w and 10% w/w G. kola diet respectively while group IV served as control and was fed ad libitum with growers mash.