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Efek Ekstrak Air Buah Papaya (Carica papaya L.) Muda terhadap Gambaran Histologi Kelenjar Mencit Laktasi
Breast milk is the best food for infants. Household Health Survey in 2005 showed exclusive breastfeeding were 4–12% in urban and 4–5% in rural areas. Objective of the study was to examine the effect of unripe papaya aqueous extract (Carica papaya L.) on lactating mammary glands histological appearance. The experiment was held on July–September 2009 at Padjadjaran University Clinical Pharmacology Laboratory and Health Research Unit of Dr. Hasan Sadikin Hospital in July–September 2009. A laboratorium experimental study conducted to 21 lactating Swiss Webster mice with 10 babies each. They were divided randomly into 3 groups (n=7). Group I was negative control. Group II: luteotropin 6 mg/30 g BW/day (per oral) and group III: unripe papaya aqueous extract 20 mg/30 g BW/day (per oral). Increased milk production was measured by average lactating mammary glands alveolar amounts and diameter count. Experiment started at 4th–16th lactation day. The result was analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by Tukey test. The average of alveolar amounts of group I, II and III, were 310.57±30.16, 464.42±25.83, and 465.14±72.41, respectively. The average lactating mamary glands alveolar diameter of group I: 296.50±21.27 μ, group II: 394.57±53.97 μ and group III: 384.29±40.40 μ. Research showed that unripe papaya aqueous extract has better than negative control and equivalent effect with luteotropin on lactating mammary glands histological appearance.
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