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| Title: | Effect of the subterranean termite used in the South Indian folk medicine |
| Authors: | A, Solavan
R, Paulmurugan
V, Wilsanand |
| Keywords: | Ethnozoology
Ethnopharmacology
Folk medicine
South India
Termite
Kanikkar tribes
Pallian tribes |
| Issue Date: | Jul-2006 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: A61K35/64, A61P15/00, A61P15/04, A61P39/00, A61P39/02 |
| Abstract: | The present investigation reports the effect
of the termite, Odontotermes formosanus Shiraki,
most commonly used by the South Indian tribes as food for enhancing lactation
in women, on growth and reproduction in Swiss albino mice, Mus musculus Linn. Dietary supplementation with termite to Swiss
albino mice significantly increased the percentage growth rate and number of
litters delivered, when compared to the control groups fed with normal rodent
pellets. The percentage growth rate of experimental male and female mice fed on Odontotermes formosanus Shiraki showed
a significant increase (P<0.01), when compared to the respective control
groups. Results on litter production revealed a 22% increase in the
experimental groups supplemented with termite, when compared to the control
groups. The present results suggest that termite can be used as a viable
protein rich feed. Studies on termite culture on a commercial scale and its
use, as an alternative protein rich feed for poultry would probably go a long
way. |
| Page(s): | 376-379 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.05(3) [July 2006]
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