Galactagogue effects of Musa x paradisiaca flower extract on lactating rats

作     者：Azizah Mahmood Muhammad Nor Omar Nurziana Ngah 

作者机构：Kulliyyah of ScienceInternational Islamic University Malaysia25200 Bandar Indera MahkotaKuantanPahangMalaysia Department of Food TechnologyPolytechnic of Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah25352 SemambuKuantanPahangMalaysia 

出 版 物：《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine》 (亚太热带医药杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2012年第5卷第11期

页      面：882-886页

核心收录：

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 0907[农学-林学] 090705[农学-野生动植物保护与利用] 09[农学] 

基　　金：Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education(MOHE) for their sponsorship in this study and the HUM Endowment Fund for financial support to carry out this work 

主　　题：Banana flower Musa x paradisiacal Galactagogue Lactating rats phytochemicals 

摘      要：Objective:To investigate the potential of Musa x paradisiaca(M.x paradisiaca)flower extracts in promoting milk production of lactating rats and its effects on growth of the suckling pups. Methods:Galactagogue activity was evaluated in terms of quantity of milk produced from the rats treated with petroleum ether,ethanol or water extracts of the *** rats(n=5) of Spraque Dawley with six pups each were administered with the extracts in the amount of 500 mg/kg body weight,while the control rats were given an equivalent amount of distilled *** rats were daily administered via oral feeding starting from Day 5 until Day 14 and the performance of milk production was measured along the experimental period by weight-suckle-weight method. Results were statistically analyzed using SPSS by means of ANOVA at 0.05 and was expressed as their mean±standard *** rates of pups’ growth were measured as the weight gain along the experimental ***:The rats treated with aqueous extract produced higher milk than control and ethanol *** extract was identified to increase milk production by 25%,while petroleum ether extract by 18%.The mean of yields produced by the rats during suckling period for aqueous,petroleum ether,ethanol and control were 4.62±2.45,4.37±1.93,3.65±1.89 and 3.69±1.79,*** rates of pups for the rats treated with control,aqueous, ethanol extract and petroleum ether were(1.85±0.49),(1.78±0.56),(1.65±0.46)and(1.56±0.42) g/pup, ***:The present study reveals the potential of M.x paradisiaca flower to enhance milk production of nursing mothers which could be exploited for commercialization of the isolated extract.