• 분석과학
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.171-178
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• 2018

Recently, for successful lactation, many breastfeeding mothers seek various products, including herbal medicine, dietary supplements, and prescribed medicines, to improve milk production. As demand for galactogogues grows, it is highly possible that pharmaceutical galactogogues may be adulterated with illegal products to maximize their efficacy. For continuous control and supervision of illegal products, we developed and validated a simple and sensitive LC-MS/MS method capable of simultaneously determining five galactogogues. Chromatographic separation was conducted using an Agilent Poroshell $120SB-C_{18}$ column with a mobile phase consisting of 20 mM ammonium formate (pH 5.4) and 100 % acetonitrile. The total run time was 13 min per analyte. The proposed method was performed according to the guidelines of the International Conference of Harmonization and it produced reliable results. This method showed high sensitivity and specificity, with a limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantitation (LOQ) of 0.01-0.82 ng/mL and 0.02-2.45 ng/mL, respectively, for the solid- and liquid-type samples. Specificity was evaluated by analyzing matrix-blank samples spiked with the target compounds at LOQ levels, which provided a good separation of all peaks without interference. Additionally, the repeatability and intermediate precision were typically <15 %, whereas the recovery was 80-120 % of the values obtained using blank samples. Thus, we concluded that this method could be used for the identification and quantification of galactogogues in food or herbal products.

• 셀메드
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.19.1-19.6
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• 2014

The most important reason mentioned for the early discontinuation of breast feeding and introduction of supplementary bottles is Perceived Insufficient Milk (PIM), which is relatively common in women. This is of public health concern because the use of breast milk substitutes increases the risk of morbidity and mortality among infants in developing countries and shortens birth intervals. Thus, a literary search in classical text for aetiopathogenesis, symptoms and treatment of PIM were appraised to implement in contemporary era. The classical Unani texts viz., Al Qanon fit Tib (Canon of Medicine), Al Hawi (Continens Liber), Zakheera Kharzam Shahi, Tarjuma Kamilus Sana, Tibbe Akbar, Akseer Azam, and Kitabul Kulliyat were reviewed. Further certain galactogogue herbs which are in use since antiquity such as fenugreek, cotton seeds, cumin, asparagus, black cumin etc were explored in different search engines on website for proven galactogogue activity. The causes of PIM are abnormal temperament of body or breast, anaemia, anxiety, depression, malnutrition etc. The principle treatment is treating the cause viz., the temperament is corrected by diet and drugs in abnormal temperament, elimination of humour is required in dominance of humour etc. The aforementioned drugs are proven scientifically for their galactogogue activity. The classical texts are having valuable information regarding PIM, which can be implemented in present era. Aforementioned Unani drugs are proven scientifically for with their galactogogue effect, however, clinical trials are scarce. Therefore, further randomized controlled clinical trials are recommended.

• Neonatal Medicine
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.232-238
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• 2010

목적: 모유수유율이 증가하면서 재수유에 관한 수요가 증가하고 있다. 이에 성공적인 재수유에 기여하는 인자를 조사하기 위해서 약물, 모유수유 보충기, 상담, 가족의 지지 등의 기여도를 조사하였다. 방법: 후향적인 의무기록 조사와 2004년 1월부터 2007년 4월까지 본원 재수유 클리닉을 방문한 아기 엄마들에게 전화설문을 실시하였다. 결과: 총 84명의 자료를 분석하여 재수유의 성공에 도움이 되는 인자를 조사하였다. 75%에서 완전 모유수유로 성공적으로 이행할 수 있었다. 재수유 클리닉을 다니면서 재수유에 성공한 경우 의료진에 의해서 재수유 클리닉으로 의뢰된 경우, 약물을 사용한 경우와 가족의 지지가 있는 경우가 통계적으로 유의하게 높았다. 결론: 재수유에 성공하기 위해서는 산모들에게 재수유에 관한 정보를 미리 제공하고, 필요 시 유즙분비를 촉진하는 약물을 처방하고 상담 기간 동안 가족과 함께 상담을 받게 해서 정신적인 지지를 제공하는 것이 중요하다.