2010
DOI: 10.4236/health.2010.24053
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Antiurolithiatic activity of aqueous extract of bark of moringa oleifera (lam.) in rats

Abstract: In the present study, aqueous extract of bark of Moringa oleifera administered orally, was eva- luated for its antiurolithiatic potential in albino rats of Wistar strains. The stones were produced in this study by zinc disc foreign body insertion in the bladder supplemented with 1% ethylene glycol in drinking water. The reduction in weight of the stones was used as criteria for assessing the preventive or curative antiurolithiatic effect of the bark of this plant. Two doses of extract for prophylactic and cura… Show more

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“…The antiurolithic activity was exhibited insolvent and ethanolic extract of the bark of M. oleifera and additionally noted that the reduction of weight of the stone generated victimization ethylene glycol evoked urolithiasis activity [43].…”
Section: Antiurolithic Activitymentioning
confidence: 90%
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“…The antiurolithic activity was exhibited insolvent and ethanolic extract of the bark of M. oleifera and additionally noted that the reduction of weight of the stone generated victimization ethylene glycol evoked urolithiasis activity [43].…”
Section: Antiurolithic Activitymentioning
confidence: 90%
“…Flavonoids, tannins, and alkaloids check parts were additionally ascertained to be accountable for antimicrobial activity [52] wherever pterygospermin was noted to be chargeable for antifungal activity [43].…”
Section: Immunomodulatory and Antidiarrheal Activitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It showed reduction in weight of stone produced using ethylene glycol induced urothiasis. It also possesses both preventive and curative property [ 13 ].…”
Section: Morphologymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…(Moringaceae) is locally known as Shahjna. Different parts of this plant are used in the indigenous system of medicine as an anti-inflammatory (Kooltheat et al, 2014), anthelmintic (Rastogi et al, 2009), analgesic (Manaheji et al, 2011), antioxidant (Chang et al, 2012), hepatoprotective (Hamza, 2010), antiurolithiatic (Fahad et al, 2010) antitoxic (Agrawal et al, 2013b), and for the treatment of a variety of human ailments such as heart complaints (Panda et al, 2013), eye disease, dyspepsia, enlargement of spleen (Singh & Sharma, 2012), and ulcers (Choudhary et al, 2013).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%