@article{ajfst20231122,
author={{Prosper, ADEPO Yapo and Virginie, ATTO and Jean-Jaur¨¨s, TOUZOU Bl¨¦ou and Henri, BIEGO Godi},
title={Study of the Clinical Tolerance of a Wild Food Plant: Case of <i>Euphorbia Hirta</i>},
journal={American Journal of Food Science and Technology},
volume={11},
number={2},
pages={41--43},
year={2023},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajfst/11/2/2},
issn={2333-4835},
abstract={<i>Euphorbia hirta</i> is a herbaceous plant, widespread in all tropical and subtropical regions of the world. It is widely used in traditional medicine for a wide variety of therapeutic indications such as gastrointestinal, respiratory and hepatic infections; it is also used orally for its galactagogue effects in breastfeeding women. In order to enhance the <i>Euphorba hirta</i> plant, studies on the prolactin level and clinical signs in rats force-fed with the aqueous extract of this plant were carried out. The study was carried out experimentally on 18 adult female Albino Wistar rats divided into three (3) groups of six (6) rats. The first batch received by gavage (twice a day for 4 days) distilled water, the second received by gavage a galactogil and the third batch received by gavage the aqueous extract of <i>Euphorba hirta</i> at 0.2 g/mL. The results showed that the prolactin level (15.22 ¡À 0.67 ng/ml) in the rats force-fed with the aqueous extract of <i>Euphorba hirta</i> is significantly higher (p &lt; 0.05) than that of the female rats having received distilled water (10.41¡À 0.11 ng/ml). However, the prolactin level in rats force-fed with the aqueous extract of <i>Euphorba hirta</i> is not significantly different (p>0.05) from that of female rats having received galactogil (15.26 ¡À 0.84 ng/ ml) All the animals survived for the duration of the experiment and showed no clinical signs. This shows that the aqueous extract of <i>Euphorba hirta</i> is well tolerated by rats. These results open up interesting perspectives relating to the use of the <i>Euphorbia hirta</i> plant in the form of a food that can constitute an effective and rapid means of combating the hypogalactia in breastfeeding women.},
doi={10.12691/ajfst-11-2-2}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}