Diuretic and natriuretic activity of two mistletoe species in rats

Pharmacognosy Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-57

  Jadhav, Namita ^a   Patil, C R ^b   Chaudhari, K B ^a   Wagh, J P ^a   Surana, S J ^a   Jadhav, R B ^a,b  

^a R C Patel College of Pharmacy   (India)

^b R C PATEL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Diuretic; Helicanthus elastic; Polyphenolics; Potassium sparing; Triterpenoids; Viscum articulatum

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; HELICANTHUS ELASTICA EXTRACT; LUPEOL; OLEANOLIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISCUM ARTICULATUM EXTRACT;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIURETIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROLYTE EXCRETION; EXTRACTION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HELICANTHUS ELASTICA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LD 50; LORANTHACEAE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; VISCACEAE; VISCUM ARTICULATUM;

EID: 77953406735     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09748490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.60576     Document Type: Article

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