Food security and sustainable development of agriculture has been a key challenge for decades. To support this, nanotechnology in the agricultural sectors increases productivity and food security, while leaving complex environmental negative impacts including pollution of the human food chains by...

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....

Consumption of white rice (WR) has been shown to predispose individuals to metabolic disorders. However, brown rice (BR), which is relatively richer in bioactive compounds, possesses anti-glycaemic and antioxidant effects. In this study, fifteen cultivars of paddy rice that are predominantly...

In order to develop adequate complementary foods (CFs) to improve infant and young child feeding, the inclusion of animal source foods (ASFs) into plant-based foods (PBFs) is paramount. Unfortunately, the incorporation of ASFs into PBFs to formulate adequate CFs was infrequent in the developing...

Herbal preparations, often promoted as being natural and completely safe, are gaining popularity in the management of diabetes mellitus, despite lack of scientific data to confirm their efficacy and safety claims. This study investigated efficacy and safety of eight commercial antidiabetic herbal...

Synsepalum dulcificum, a potent natural sweetener, is notably used in the traditional treatment of Diabetes mellitus in Nigeria though scientific explanation for its use is not well known. In this study, the phytochemical, proximate and hypoglycemic potential of the leaf and stem extracts (ethanol...

Gongronema latifolium (GL) is widely used by indigenous communities in southern Nigeria as a food spice and is known for its rich natural compounds with significant biological and pharmacological properties. This prompted the investigation into the effects of the aqueous G. latifolium leaf extract...

This article presents the results of a Cost of the Diet (CotD) assessment conducted in Nigeria in 2022. The study aimed to identify the most cost-effective ways to meet the nutritional needs of children aged 6-23 months using local food items. Results showed that local markets offered a variety of...

This study examined the demographic and sociocultural influences on the level of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) practices in Enugu state. The major instrument for data collection was a uniform set of structured questionnaire and in-depth interviews with the husbands, grandmothers/mothers-in-law,...

Background: The ability of a protein to accomplish distinct metabolic actions depends on its balance of amino acids, the digestibility to release the amino acids for absorption, and the availability of the absorbed amino acids for protein synthesis. In this study, this mark of protein quality was...