Promising medicinal plants with diuretic potential used in Brazil: State of the art, challenges, and prospects

P de Souza, LNB Mariano… - Planta …, 2021 - thieme-connect.com
Medicinal plants are used in traditional medicine to treat a wide range of ailments. The
knowledge of them is handed down from generation to generation and is described in …

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of diuretic plants: an overview

F Aparecida Livero, J Vergutz Menetrier… - Current …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Heart failure, hypertension, cirrhosis and nephritic syndrome are among conditions that alter
volume and composition of body fluids and are modulated by diuretics. Natural products are …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of the diuretic and urinary electrolyte effects of methanolic extract of Peganum harmala L. in Wistar albino rats

FI Al-Saikhan, MN Ansari - Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 2016 - Elsevier
The use of traditional medicines as a diuretic agent has been increasing in recent years. The
diuretic activity of a number of plant extracts used as diuretic agents in ethnomedicine has …

Diuretic effect of extracts, fractions and two compounds 2α, 3β, 19α-trihydroxy-urs-12-en-28-oic acid and 5-hydroxy-3, 6, 7, 8, 4′-pentamethoxyflavone from Rubus …

P de Souza, T Boeing, LB Somensi… - Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's …, 2017 - Springer
Although diuretics have been widely used to treat hypertension along with others
cardiovascular and renal disorders, no scientific data have been recorded to support the …

Pharmacological Validation for the Folklore Use of Ipomoea nil against Asthma: In Vivo and In Vitro Evaluation

T Alqahtani, S Parveen, Y Alghazwani, HM Alharbi… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Oxidative stress is the key factor that strengthens free radical generation which stimulates
lung inflammation. The aim was to explore antioxidant, bronchodilatory along with anti …

Diuretic, natriuretic and potassium-sparing effect of nothofagin isolated from Leandra dasytricha (A. Gray) Cogn. leaves in normotensive and hypertensive rats

CLB de Almeida, T Boeing, LB Somensi… - Chemico-Biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Active constituents from natural origin have long been used for the treatment of patients
suffering from cardiovascular and renal diseases. This study therefore aimed to investigate …

Evaluation of the diuretic activity of the aqueous and 80% methanol extracts of the root of Euclea divinorum Hiern (Ebenaceae) in Sprague Dawley rats

B Woldemedhin, T Nedi, W Shibeshi, M Sisay - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Diuretics are drugs that increase the formation of urine and are important for the
treatment of various diseases including hypertension and edema. The root decoction of …

Chemical composition and diuretic, natriuretic and kaliuretic effects of extracts of Mimosa bimucronata (DC.) Kuntze leaves and its majority constituent methyl gallate …

F Schlickmann, P de Souza, T Boeing… - Journal of Pharmacy …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Some species of the genus Mimosa showed promising results in previous
investigations, which include diuretic effect; however, no chemical analyses or animal model …

Ethnopharmacological approaches to kidney disease-prospecting an indigenous species from Brazilian Pantanal

CAS Tirloni, RAC Palozi… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance Although Luehea divaricata Mart.(Malvaceae) is
popularly used by the population of the Brazilian Pantanal for the treatment of different types …

Protective Effect of Butanolic Fraction of Delphinium brunonianum on Fructose-Mediated Metabolic Alterations in Rats

SNA Bukhari, H Asif, Alamgeer, MH Asim… - Metabolites, 2022 - mdpi.com
The present study was conducted with an intent to evaluate the protective effect of butanolic
fraction of Delphinium brunonianum on fructose mediated metabolic abnormalities in rats …