EFFECTS OF BROWN RICE ON LIVER FUNCTION TESTS

ABSTRACT

The rate of brown rice consumption is low despite its numerous benefits and it being high in nutritional value. However, most people prefer eating white rice instead of brown rice because of its appearance and texture. Seventy male albino wistar rats were grouped into groups of fat diet, white rice diet, brown rice diet and control diet. The experiment lasted for 154 days, and acclimatization was for 14 days. After the acclimatization period, rats were fed with fat diet for 105 days. Thereafter, rats were regrouped and fed with brown rice, white rice and fat diet feed for 35 days. Blood samples were collected into plain sample bottles and data was processed using graph pad version 8.01 statistical software. One way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to compare the mean and post-hoc test to check for significance among the means. There was no statistically significant (p>0.05) findings in the results of liver function stests (alanine aminotransaminase, aspartate aminotransaminase, alkaline phosphatase, total bilirubin, total protein) and the fasting blood glucose level when compared with the control. With the data obtained from this study, it could be concluded that there are no significant effects on brown rice consumption on liver function tests and fasting blood glucose levels of male wistar rats.