Evaluation of the Safety of Cherry Kernel Used as a Feed Ingredient
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Abstract:
Studying the feeding safety of Chinese cherry kernel could provide some reference for the comprehensive processing and utilization of cherry kernel. With the addition of different amounts (10%, 20% and 30%) of cherry kernel fed mice for 28 days, the mice fed with normal diet as the control group, body weight changes and organ coefficients of the mice were analyzed by weighing method, the blood components of the mice (the number of leucocytes, the number of red blood cells, backlog of red blood cells, average erythrocyte volume, hemoglobin concentration, the average hemoglobin concentration, average hemoglobin content, platelet count, thrombocytocrit, mean platelet volume, platelet distribution width) were analyzed by a hematology analyzer. The blood alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase activity were analyzed by the chemical method to evaluate the feeding safety of cherry kernel. There were no abnormal symptoms and signs in mice during the feeding period. Most of the indicators did not show significant differences in the results except for a few indicators of the results compared with the control group, the measured indicators were within the normal physiological range of mice and no toxic effects were found. Accordingly, it can be preliminarily concluded that the mice fed the cherry kernel-containing feed were safe and non-toxic.
