EFFECT OF PROTEIN SUPPLEMENTED CASSAVA DIET IN RATS

The effect of feeding rats with cassava diet (tapioca) has been invest igated with respect to the activities of superoxide dismutase, catalas e and levels of TEARS. By varying the levels of protein in the diet an d cyanide content of cassava, the possible role of a high protein diet in the prevention of oxidant stress has been shown. Rhodanese which d etoxifes cyanide is also found to be inhibited in rats fed low protein diet while the inhibition was only marginal in the high protein fed g roups.