Effect of consuming lactogenic biscuits formulated with banana (Musa x paradisiaca) flower flour on expressed breast milk (EBM) among lactating working women

• Main Authors: Nordin, Z. M., Abu Bakar, Ibrahim, Omar, Muhammad Nor, Mahmood, Azizah
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Rynnye Lyan Resources 2020
• Subjects: QP Physiology; QR180 Immunology; RB Pathology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/81593/1/81593_Effect%20of%20consuming%20lactogenic%20biscuits%20.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/81593/2/81593_Effect%20of%20consuming%20lactogenic%20biscuits_SCOPUS%20.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/81593/; https://www.myfoodresearch.com/uploads/8/4/8/5/84855864/_4__fr-2019-292_nordin.pdf

The most common reasons given for breastfeeding discontinuation among working women is insufficient or low milk supply which related to physiological and psychological factors. In this case, natural galactagogue is suggested as an alternative for lactating women to augment expressed breast milk supp...