Mahmood Ahmad, Ruqaiya Hasan, Mansoor Ahmad, Anila Qureshi, Shama Masroor.
The effects of acetylsalicylic acid on the pituitary prolactin of the lizard, Uromastix hardwickii.
Pak J Pharm Sci Jan ;18(3):42-5.

This study deals with the intravenous administration of 7mg acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) solution to Uromastix hardwickii for 4 days. It enhances the activity of anterior pituitary lactotrophs, when 0.1 ml of pituitary homogenate of ASA treated was injected hypodermically to crop- sac showed a greater diametric response and increased activity with milk like secretion than that of the injections of 0.1 ml homogenate of control pituitary. The present study indicated that ASA induces hyperprolactinemia.

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