Comparative Studies of the Effects of Five Indigenous Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) Varieties on Enzymes Linked to Type 2 Diabetes and their Glycemic Indices doi.org/10.26538/tjnpr/v5i5.28
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Studies have supported the consumption of cowpea as a low glycemic index (GI) diet especially in managing diabetes. This study investigated the glycemic indices of five varieties of cowpea (Kano white, Sokoto white, Drum, Ife brown and Oloyin varieties) commonly consumed in Nigeria. The starch and sugar contents showed Sokoto white variety had the lowest starch and sugar (2.5 g/100 g, 9.02 g/100 g; 15.58 g/100 g, 26.69 g/100 g) content for both the raw and cooked samples, respectively, while the glycemic index ranged from 69.01 (Drum variety) to 77.08 (Oloyin variety). Furthermore, the cowpea extracts showed high antioxidant properties as revealed by their ferric reducing property and their radical scavenging abilities. Also, the cowpea varieties showed their α-amylase and α-glucosidase inhibitory potentials with Kano white variety (IC50 = 0.33 mg/mL), showing the highest α-amylase inhibitory potential when raw and Ife brown (IC50 = 0.37 mg/mL) when cooked, while Sokoto white variety (IC50 = 0.48 mg/mL) the lowest when raw and Oloyin variety (IC50 = 0.83 mg/mL) when cooked. However, Drum variety had the highest α-glucosidase inhibitory activity (IC50 = 0.66 mg/mL) while Oloyin had the highest (IC50 = 0.33 mg/mL) when cooked with Sokoto white variety (IC50 = 0.93 mg/mL; IC50 = 0.70 mg/mL) having the lowest for both the raw and cooked samples respectively. The low glycemic index of Sokoto white variety, its antioxidant properties as well as its α-glucosidase and α-amylase inhibitory activities could make it the most suitable variety as a diet for management of type-2 diabetes.
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