Effect of Labisia pumila aqueous extract on the estrogenic activity and metabolic disease markers in bilateral ovariectomized rats / Siti Nuraida Kamaludin

Menopause is a permanent cessation that occurs in women in Malaysia is between 45 to 55 years old. It is often associated with increased body weight and body fat distribution due to the deprivation of estrogen hormone. Labisia pumila is an herbal plant that Malaysian women widely consume as a her...

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Main Author: Kamaludin, Siti Nuraida
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/60184/1/60184.pdf
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Summary:Menopause is a permanent cessation that occurs in women in Malaysia is between 45 to 55 years old. It is often associated with increased body weight and body fat distribution due to the deprivation of estrogen hormone. Labisia pumila is an herbal plant that Malaysian women widely consume as a herbal tonic. This herb helps in regulating menstruation, feminine vitality and hormonal imbalance. It is speculated to exhibit phytoestrogenic activity that has similar structures to estrogen hormone. This study was conducted to determine the antioxidant activities i.e., total phenolic and flavonoids; and the present of polyphenols compound in commercially produced L. pumila aqueous extract with excipients (LPE). The study also aimed to assess the acute and subacute oral toxicity studies; and to evaluate the effects of supplementation of the LPE on body weight changes, female reproductive hormone (estradiol, folliclestimulating hormone, and luteinizing hormone) and metabolic disease marker (glucose, insulin, adiponectin, leptin, and resistin) of menopause induced rats.