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

Table 6

Proximate composition of cocoyam and unripe plantain incorporated feeds (%).

Parameter	MC	Ash	CF	Lipid	Crude protein	Carbohydrate	Energy value (Kcal/100 g)
Cocoyam	3.64±0.11	10.67±0.04	1.51±0.22	3.42±0.04	8.44±0.03	73.83±0.04	359.86±0.44
Plantain	3.41±0.81^a	8.93±0.00^a	1.45±0.10^a	8.52±0.00^a	9.76±0.00^a	69.39±0.00^a	393.24±0.06^a

^a𝑃<0.05 versus cocoyam feed; MC: moisture content; CF: crude fibre.