Diuretic activity of ethanolic extract of Panicum repens L. roots and rhizomes.

Autor: Hozaien HE; a Faculty of Pharmacy for Girls, Pharmacognosy Department , Al-Azhar University , Cairo , Egypt., El-Tantawy WH; b National Organization for Drug Control & Research , Cairo , Egypt., Temraz A; a Faculty of Pharmacy for Girls, Pharmacognosy Department , Al-Azhar University , Cairo , Egypt.; c College of Pharmacy, Pharmacognosy Department , Umm Al-Qura University , Makkah , Saudi Arabia., El-Gindi OD; d Faculty of Pharmacy, Pharmacognosy Department , Egyptian-Russian University , Cairo , Egypt., Taha KF; b National Organization for Drug Control & Research , Cairo , Egypt.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Natural product research [Nat Prod Res] 2019 Jun; Vol. 33 (12), pp. 1832-1833. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Feb 08.
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2018.1437440
Abstrakt: The diuretic activity of ethanolic extract of Panicum repens was investigated in rats. A single oral dose of 500 mg/kg of P. repens extract were given to rats, after 24 h, urine volume, its sodium and potassium concentrations were estimated. Treatment with P. repens extract caused a significant increase in tested parameters as compared to their corresponding controls, p  < 0.05.
Databáze: MEDLINE