Effect of feeding greened potatoes on different visceral organs and blood plasma of rabbits

✍ Scribed by Atiya Azim; Hilal A. Shaikh; Rafiq Ahmad

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1982
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 301 KB
• Volume: 33
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-5142
• DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2740331214

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Rabbits fed on greened potatoes became dull and showed reduction in body weight after 30 days of feeding. They had comparatively enlarged livers and also showed a significant difference in relative size of heart. Blood samples collected from these animals after 30 days showed an increase in the concentration of cholesterol and sugars in blood plasma and a decrease in protein. Plasma electrolytes showed an increase in Ca^2+^ and a decrease in Na^+^ and K^+^. There was a decrease in protein content of the liver, kidney, heart and intestine. The glycogen content of liver and kidney was also decreased though glycogen concentration increased in heart tissue. Cholesterol levels were increased in each of these organs. There was a decrease in Ca^2+^ content in the four organs but K^+^ content was significantly increased in kidney and intestinal muscles though its concentration was decreased in liver and heart muscles. Na^+^ content significantly increased in the heart muscles but decreased in other organs. These findings illustrate the toxic nature of the glycoalkaloids in greened potatoes.