Abstract
The Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka publishes the results of research in all aspects of Science and Technology. The journal also has a website at http://www.nsf.gov.lk/. 2021 Impact Factor: 0.682The JNSF provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.Cover :Leatherback (a), green (b - adult & f - hatchling), hawksbill (c) and olive ridley (d) turtles who nest in Sri Lankan beaches, green turtle crawl marks (e) and by-catch of sea turtles in fisheries (c & d)Photo credits: SJ Perera (a & c), WPN Perera (b & e), K Ekaratne (d & f)
Highlights
LS IHerbal medicinal plants are recommended by practitioners of the traditional systems of medicine for increasing milk secretion in lactating women in several parts of the world
Lactating Sprague Dawley rats were used as the animal model to evaluate possible galactagoguic activity of several plants which are recommended as galactagogues in traditional systems of medicine
Percentage weight gain of litter and milk intake.per littermate in different experimental groups are shown in Tables 1 and 2
Summary
LS IHerbal medicinal plants are recommended by practitioners of the traditional systems of medicine for increasing milk secretion in lactating women in several parts of the world. Scientific evaluation of the plants for possible galactagoguic activity ,~. Weight gain of litter after administering the plant extract to lactating rats, changes in mammary histology or weight after administering the plant extract to oestrogen primed or post partum rats and milk yield in livestock after administering the plant in their diet were different indices of galactagoguic activity used in experiments. Tennekoon and Coworkers[8] failed to observe a sigslificant galactagoguic activity in Asparagus falcatus administered to lactating Sprague Dawley rats. The present study was designed to investigate the possible galactagoguic activity of a selected group of Sri. Lankan medicinal plants using lactating rats as a model. Lactating Sprague Dawley rats were used as the animal model to evaluate possible galactagoguic activity of several plants which are recommended as galactagogues in traditional systems of medicine. Plants were selected from a worldwide literature search carried out prior to commencement of the project
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