Antilithiatic effect of Asparagus racemosus Willd on ethylene glycol-induced lithiasis in male albino Wistar rats

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 633-638

  Christina, A J M ^a   Ashok, K ^a   Packialakshmi, M ^a   Tobin, G C ^a   Preethi, J ^a   Murugesh, N ^b  

^a K M COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

^b MADURAI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Antilithiatic; Asparagus racemosus Willd.; Hyperoxaluria; Liliaceae; Nephrolithiasis; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS EXTRACT; CALCIUM; CREATININE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; MAGNESIUM; OXALIC ACID; PHOSPHATE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CHEMISTRY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CRYSTALLIZATION; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MAGNESIUM URINE LEVEL; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE URINE LEVEL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STONE FORMATION; URINE; URINE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ASPARAGUS PLANT; CALCIUM; CREATININE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CALCULI; MAGNESIUM; MALE; OXALATES; PHOSPHATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 29244487146     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/mf.2005.27.9.939338     Document Type: Article

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