Zeitschrift für Nanomaterialien und molekulare Nanotechnologie

Body Weight and Serum IgE Levels in Wistar Albino Rats Exposed to Chili Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)

Hannah Edim Etta* and Onime Abuh Ogboaka

A nano-biotechnology investigation of the body weight changes and serum IgE levels of wistar Albino rats exposed to Chili pepper (Capsicum annuum) particles was carried out, in an attempt to proffer a safe nano-organic rat repellent to eradicate or control the Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria and other endemic West African countries. Body weights of rats were measured before and after exposure to graded doses of C. anuum aroma. The wistar Albino rats were randomly placed into four different groups consisting of the control (0%) (A) and exposed groups of 10% (B), 50% (C) and 100% (D) pepper particles in solution. The rats were exposed to cotton balls soaked in the Chili pepper nano-solution for 10 days. At the end of which blood samples of the exposed rats and control were collected for the Radioimmunoassay (RIA). Mean body weights of the exposed rats were significantly (p