Dietary energy for chickens normally includes cereal grains and fat. This innovative study investigated the effect of replacing part of the corn and fat in broiler chicken rations with graded levels of sugar syrup on growth performance and biochemical parameters. Experimental treatments consisted of feeding a corn-soy basal diet alone, or with graded levels of sugar syrup in increments of 5%, 10% and 15%. All starter diets were isonitrogenous and isocaloric. Body weight gain and efficiency of feed utilization of chicks fed the control diet alone were not significantly (P < 0.05) different from chicks fed diets supplemented with either 5% or 15% sugar syrup. Supplementation of sugar syrup to broiler diets had no significant effect on blood glucose, creatinine, total protein, or liver enzymes. Adding 5% sugar syrup to broiler rations significantly decreased blood cholesterol and triglycerides in chickens fed the sugar syrup diet compared with birds fed the control diet. In conclusion, the results shows sugar syrup can be used in poultry ration to replace part of the corn as a source of energy. These results allowed the authors to recommend the safe usage of sugar syrup in broiler rations.

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Mallotus philippensis is a shrub used for anti-filarial anti-bacterial anti-inflammatory anthelmintic and immune-regulatory purposes for centuries in the current study methanolic extract of M. phillippensis leaves was examined in vitro for cytotoxicity and apoptotic potential in (MCF-7), breast cancer cell lines Various biochemical tests used to investigate the phytochemical contents of the plant extract. Qualitative phytochemical analysis of M. phillippensis leaves revealed the presence of phenolic compounds steroids flavonoids alkaloids diterpenes and tannins The (MTT), dye reduction test was used to assess the cytotoxicity of the methanol extract of M. phillippensis (MCF-7), cells were grown in (RPMI), medium supplemented with (10%), serum and (1%), antibiotic and antimycotic solution M. phillippensis leaf extract reduced cell viability in a dose-dependent manner, with a half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50), of (190g/mL), Acridine orange Ethidium bromide and fluoroprobe benzimidazole-carbocyanine iodide 5, 5’, 6, 6’-tetrachloro-1, 1’, 3,3’-tetra ethyl (JC-1), staining were used to examine the influence of the extract on the development of apoptotic characteristics in (MCF-7), cells. The (AO/EB), staining revealed apoptotic cells with orange-red fluorescence in extract-treated cells which increased in a dosedependent manner whereas control cells showed green fluorescence. Control cells stained with (JC-1), dye fluoresced red-orange whereas cells treated with extract showed red-green fluorescence whose intensity changed in a dose-dependent manner The methanolic extract of M. phillippensis leaves showed invitro cytotoxic potential as well as induced apoptotic cell death in human breast cancer (MCF-7), cell lines and may be studied further to generate a potent anti- cancer drug.