Evaluation of the diuretic activity of the aqueous and 80% methanol extracts of Ajuga remota Benth (Lamiaceae) leaves in mice

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Hailu, Wubshet ^a   Engidawork, Ephrem ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ajuga remota; Diuretics; Furosemide; Kaliuresis; Natriuresis

Indexed keywords

AJUGA REMOTA BENTH EXTRACT; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; FLAVONOID; FUROSEMIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT; SAPONIN; STEROID; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIURETIC AGENT;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; AJUGA; AJUGA REMOTA BENTH; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIURESIS; DIURETIC ACTIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROLYTE EXCRETION; ELECTROLYTE URINE LEVEL; KALIURESIS; LETHARGY; MALE; MOUSE; NATRIURESIS; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PLANT LEAF; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TREMOR; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE PH; URINE VOLUME; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG SCREENING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

AJUGA; ANIMALS; DIURESIS; DIURETICS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; MALE; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 84899487134     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-135     Document Type: Article

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