Protective effect of the hydro-alcoholic extract of Rubia cordifolia roots against ethylene glycol induced urolithiasis in rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1013-1018

  Divakar, Kalyani ^a   Pawar, A T ^a   Chandrasekhar, S B ^a   Dighe, S B ^a   Divakar, Goli ^a  

^a ACHARYA AND B M REDDY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

Author keywords

Calcium oxalate; Cystone; Ethylene glycol; Lipid peroxidation; Rubia cordifolia Linn.; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ANTIUROLITHIASIS AGENT; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; OXALIC ACID; PHOSPHATE; PLANT EXTRACT; RUBIA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; HYPEROXALURIA; HYPOCALCIURIA; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE EXCRETION; PLANT ROOT; RAT; RENAL PROTECTION; RUBIA; RUBIA CORDIFOLIA; URINE VOLUME; UROLITHIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CALCIUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ETHANOL; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HYPEROXALURIA; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; OXALATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RUBIA; URINALYSIS; URINATION; UROLITHIASIS; WATER;

RATTUS; RUBIA CORDIFOLIA;

EID: 77549088118     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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