Effect of cystone, a herbal formulation, on glycolic acid-induced urolithiasis in rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 372-374

  Mitra, S K ^a   Gopumadhavan, S ^a   Venkataranganna, M V ^a   Sundaram, R ^a  

^a Himalaya Health Care   (India)

Author keywords

Antilithic property; Cystone; Oxalate urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYSTONE; GLYCOLIC ACID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROXY ACID OXIDASE A; OXALIC ACID; PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; INHIBITION KINETICS; KIDNEY MASS; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; RAT; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 0031844712     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199808)12:5<372::AID-PTR312>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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