%0 Journal Article
%T Biological Assessment of Irradiated Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) Seeds Fed on Wistar Rats (Males)
%A Nasir AdamIbrahim
%A Mutaman Ali Abdelgadir Kehail
%J Entomology and Applied Science Letters
%@ 2349-2864
%D 2024
%V 11
%N 3
%R 10.51847/DeFmonAZXu
%P 9-14
%X Sorghum, the world’s fourth major cereal in terms of production, is a staple food crop of millions of poor in the semi-arid tropics of the world. The objective of this study was to investigate the growth rate and some hematological parameters of Wistar rats (males) fed on irradiated (by X-ray, Gamma-ray, and UV light) sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), for two months. Sorghum seeds were brought from the local market, cleaned manually, divided into four groups, and put in clean Petri dishes. Three groups were treated with X-ray, gamma ray, and UV light, while the last one was taken as control. The growth rate was measured as initial and terminal weights (g) of the experimental rats. After 60 days of feeding on these sorghum, blood samples from these rats were collected from the retrorbital sinus. The blood count, renal and liver functions were determined. The results showed that feeding on irradiated sorghum reduced the growth rate compared to control. Control-sorghum-fed rats showed a higher growth rate (3.57 g/day) followed by UV-sorghum-fed rats (3.4 g/day), X-ray-sorghum fed rats (3.33 g/day) and at last Gamma-sorghum fed rats (3.25 g/day). The irradiated sorghum altered some of the blood count, renal and liver function parameters. Foods that are exposed to direct or indirect irradiation should be checked for their safety before being used for human food or animal feeds.
%U https://easletters.com/article/biological-assessment-of-irradiated-sorghum-sorghum-bicolor-l-moench-seeds-fed-on-wistar-rats-pjoe6f7mtbswuh8