effects acetylsalicylic acid on the pituitary prolactin of the lizard, uromastix hardwickii

ABSTRACT

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