Ameliorative Potentials of Cocoyam (<i>Colocasia esculenta</i> L.) and Unripe Plantain (<i>Musa paradisiaca</i> L.) on the Relative Tissue Weights of Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats

<table class="table-group" id="tab7"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Plant</td><td align="center">Antioxidant activity</td><td align="center">Intensity of spots</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Cocoyam</td><td align="center">Moderate</td><td align="center">+++</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Unripe plantain</td><td align="center">Moderate</td><td align="center">++</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Quercetin</td><td align="center">Strong</td><td align="center">+++</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td>The degree of activity, determined qualitatively from the observation of the yellow colour intensity: moderate (++), strong (+++). <br/></td></tr></table>

Free radical scavenging activities of the methanolic/ethanolic extracts of cocoyam and unripe plantain incorporated feeds using rapid DPPH TLC screening.

Journal of Diabetes Research

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Table 7: Ameliorative Potentials of Cocoyam (<i>Colocasia esculenta</i> L.) and Unripe Plantain (<i>Musa paradisiaca</i> L.) on the Relative Tissue Weights of Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats 

Table 7 | Ameliorative Potentials of Cocoyam (Colocasia esculenta L.) and Unripe Plantain (Musa paradisiaca L.) on the Relative Tissue Weights of Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats 