Abstract

Ngozi Franca Okoye* and Egburuwhuo Clifford Destiny

ABSTRACT

This research investigated the effects of green tea Camellia sinensis on lipid and electrolyte parameters of Wistar rats for 21 days. A total of 20 Wistar albino rats with mean weight of 130±10 were used for the experiments. The animals were separated into four groups. The first group was the control. The control was given distilled water and allowed access to normal animal feed ad libitum but was not administered green tea. The second group was the group to be sacrificed after the first week of experiment. The group was given distilled water, allowed access to normal animal feed ad libitum and administered 1ml green tea solution twice daily. The third group was the group to be sacrificed after the second week of experiment. The group had same treatment as the second group above. The fourth group was the group to be sacrificed after the third week which was the final week of experiment. The group had same treatment like the second and third groups. After oral administration of the green tea on rats for 7 days up to 21 days, the results revealed significant reductions on the third week of treatment (p