Aishat Osagie
Aishat Osagie
The use of novel ingredients in baked product recipe to reduce the bad (calories, sugar & fat) and improve health.
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Introduction
My research interests span Nutrition, health and ethnomedicine and am currently working on diet reformulation.
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October 2020 - December 2024
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The medicinal use of Persea americana in the treatment of some diseases like hypertension, diabetes, is often with dearth of supporting scientific proof. Thus, we evaluated its ethnomedicinal benefits for possible scientific justification. Thirty healthy Wistar rats were randomly grouped in fives. Alloxan was used to induce diabetes in the rats in...
Background:
Synclisia scabrida is commonly used in traditional medical practices for the management of diseases like diabetes and its complications. This study seeks to establish a scientific rationale for this practice.
Methods:
Thirty Wistar rats were randomly and equally grouped into six. Alloxan was used to induce diabetes in the rats in gro...
Picralima nitida is widely used in herbal medicine due to its numerous health benefits. We investigated the effects of extracts of P. nitida in alloxan-induced diabetic rats. Thirty Wistar rats were randomized into 6 groups of 5 rats each and treated as follows; Group I — normal control rats, Group II — diabetic rats treated with glibenclamide, Gro...
Poor diet has been associated with several chronic diseases including obesity, cardiovascular diseases, and type 2 diabetes. Bread is widely consumed even though they are high in carbohydrates and low in essential nutrients. This study evaluated the nutritional, phytochemical and antioxidant properties of bread supplemented with Moringa oleifera le...
