Article history: Received on: 09/06/2014 Revised on: 17/07/2014 Accepted on: 04/08/2014 Available online: 27/08/2014 The present study was attempted to evaluate diuretic potency of total alcoholic extracts and its polar and non polar fractions of Priyala fruits (Buchanania angustifolia, Buchanania lanzan Fam: Anacardiaceae) in rats. Healthy adult Wistar albino rats weighing about 150-200 g were...

Polygonatum verticillatum All. is used traditionally as an analgesic and plant diuretic. The methanol extract of aerial parts of Polygonatum verticillatum (PA) was assessed in various experimental paradigms. The pain threshold in the form of abdominal constriction induced by acetic acid was significantly (p < 0.01) inhibited by PA at test doses (50, 100 and 200 mg/kg). In the formalin test, PA ...

BACKGROUND Strategies are needed to improve the translation of clinical trial results into practice. We assessed the impact of the ALLHAT/JNC7 Dissemination Project's academic detailing component on thiazide-type diuretic prescribing (ALLHAT indicates Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial; JNC7 indicates the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on...

AIM OF THE STUDY The current study was designed to establish the pharmacological rationale for the traditional use of the rhizomes of Polygonatum verticillatum in the treatment of painful conditions and as a plant diuretic. MATERIALS AND METHODS The crude methanolic extract of the rhizomes of Polygonatumverticillatum (PR) was tested in various established pain models in rodents at 50, 100 and...

Background and objective: The root bark of Parquetina nigrescens is used in traditional medicine the treatment hypertension edema for its diuretic properties. This study was conducted to examine effects this medicinal plant on excreted urinary volume contribute scientific knowledge action. Methods: Water-overloaded rats were treated separately with increasing doses (5-70 mg/kg) aqueous ethanoli...

The insect kinins are present in a wide variety of insects and function as potent diuretic peptides, though they are subject to rapid degradation by internal peptidases. Insect kinin analogs incorporating stereochemical variants of (2S,4S)-4-aminopyroglutamate (APy), a cis-peptide bond motif, demonstrate significant activity in a cricket diuretic assay. Insect kinin analogs containing (2R,4R)-A...