Time-dependent diuretic response in rats treated with juniper berry preparations

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 494-497

  Stanić, Gordana ^a   Samaržija, Ita ^a   Blažević, Nikola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b IREX AROMA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Diuretic activity; Essential oil; Infusion; Juniper berry; Juniperus communis L.; Terpinen 4 ol

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE PLUS HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; ESSENTIAL OIL; PINENE; TERPINEN 4 OL; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIURESIS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FRUIT; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JUNIPERUS; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT;

ANIMALIA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0031792518     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199811)12:7<494::AID-PTR340>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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