Potential Role of Fenugreek and Giloy as Nutraceuticals and Galactagogue in Animal Husbandry: A Detailed Review
Potential Role of Fenugreek and Giloy as Nutraceuticals and Galactagogue in Animal Husbandry: A Detailed Review
Anurag Sharma*, Naresh Kumar, Geetanjali Singh and Anika Sharma
ABSTRACT
Herbal medicines have always been a form of therapy for livestock among resource-poor smallholder farmers. This article is a review of present literature data of Fenugreek and Giloy as potential nutraceuticals and galactagogue in animal husbandry. Both these herbs are known to have pharmacological effects which include hypoglycemic, hypo-lipidemic, antidiabetic, hepato-protective, anti-carcinogenic, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antifungal and galactagogue activity. The commercially available drugs pose health threats and prove detrimental to both human and animal health. The traditional use of herbal preparations suggests that they are safe and effective, however, scientific validation is still required for many of them especially for animal use. The phyto-pharmacological research on these two natural products show a ray of hope for the discovery of new active compounds with a novel structure that has potential to serve as a natural lead compound for the development of new nutraceuticals and galactagogue for animal health.
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