Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition
  • Year: 1998
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue: 3

Estrogenic Activity of some Herbal Galactogogue Constituents

  • Author:
  • Harjit Kaur
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 232 to 234

Dairy Cattle Nutrition Division, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal-132 001, India

Online published on 29 December, 2011.

Abstract

The total phytoestrogenic content in herbs used in galactogogue prepara-tions viz. Peucedanum graveolens, Ptychotic ajowan, Zingiber officinales, Anacylus pyrethhrum, Jeera, Lapidium sativum, Fregonella and Adds kendons was 592.87, 473.37, 294.31, 280.09, 172.34, 161.26, 130.76 and 70.91 ppm, respectively.

Keywords

Estrogenic activity, Herbal galactogogues