title: Assessment of nutritional quality, glycaemic index, antidiabetic and sensory properties of plantain (Musa paradisiaca)-based functional dough meals.
abstract: Nutrition transition to high energy-dense foods has been implicated as the major causes of diet related diseases. Plantain-based dough meals supplemented with soybean cake and cassava fibre were developed by combining them in different proportions using response surface methodology. The flour blends were analyzed for the nutritional composition while the glycaemic index, antidiabetic potentials and protein digestibility of the dough meals were determined in wistar rats. The nutritional and essential amino acid contents of the flour blends were comparable to that of cerolina (a commercially available food product commonly recommended for diabetic patients). The rats fed with the formulated dough meals had lower glycaemic index and glycaemic load, and the blood glucose was significantly reduced compared to cerolina and metformin (a synthetic antidiabetic drug). All the plantain-based dough meals were comparable to cerolina and metformin in terms of nutritional quality and blood glycaemic control activities, respectively. Hence, the formulated plantain-based dough meals have potential to be used for the prevention and management of diabetes mellitus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Technology, The Federal University of Technology, PMB 704, Akure, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Opeyemi
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Famakin
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Technology, The Federal University of Technology, PMB 704, Akure, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Akindele
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fatoyinbo
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Technology, The Federal University of Technology, PMB 704, Akure, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Oluwole Steve
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Ijarotimi
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Technology, The Federal University of Technology, PMB 704, Akure, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Adebanjo Ayobamidele
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Badejo
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Technology, The Federal University of Technology, PMB 704, Akure, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Tayo Nathaniel
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Fagbemi
keywords: Functional food; Glycaemic index; Plantain-based meals; Type-2 diabetes