Perbandingan peningkatan berat badan anak mencit yang diinduksi oleh pemberian infus daun pepaya dan daun katu

A comparative study of increasing on body weight of mice's offsprings caused by leaf of papaya (Carica pepaya L.) and katu(Sauropus androgynus (L). Merr) were carried out under laboratory conditions. The study was designed using totally 50 mice postpartum (PP) which devided into five groups of treatment consistend 10 females mice post partum of each group. The groups were: Thecontrol group, group gave orally in 0.5 ml aquadest, 10%/0.5 ml, and 20%/0.5 ml leaf infuse of papaya and 10%/0.5 ml and 20%/0.5ml leaf infuse of katu respectively. The treatment were started on day 3rd to 16th of lactation period. The sample were observed on day4th, 6th, 8th, 10th, 12nd, 14th, and 16th of lactation period. The data were analyzed by ANOVA and LSD test (α = 0.05). The result of studyshowed that the increasing of body weight of offsprings were significantly different amongs of five groups. Between the control groupsand katu groups was not occurred significantly different. The conclusion of this study is papaya groups more right than katu groups toinduce an increasing on body weight of mice,s offsprings