Anti-urolithiatic effects of Punica granatum in male rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 234-238

  Rathod, N R ^a   Biswas, Dipak ^a   Chitme, H R ^b   Ratna, Sanjeev ^c   Muchandi, I S ^a   Chandra, Ramesh ^d  

^a HSK College of Pharmacy   (India)

^b OMAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Oman)

^c S NIJALINGAPPA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Cystone; Ethylene glycol; Punica granatum; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIUROLITHIASIS AGENT; CALCIUM; CREATININE; OXALIC ACID; PHOSPHATE; POMEGRANATE EXTRACT; UREA; URIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIUROLITHIASIS ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CALCIUM OXALATE STONE; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE URINE LEVEL; POMEGRANATE; RAT; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM OXALATE; CREATININE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; OXALATES; PHOSPHATES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PUNICACEAE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; UREA; URIC ACID; UROLITHIASIS;

ANIMALIA; PUNICA; PUNICA GRANATUM; RATTUS;

EID: 84858003493     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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