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ABSTRACT
Title |
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EFFECT OF NONI (Morinda citrifolia) EXTRACT ON TREATMENT OF ETHYLENE GLYCOL AND AMMONIUM CHLORIDE INDUCED KIDNEY DISEASE |
Authors |
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R Bhavani, S Nandhini, B Rojalakshmi, R Shobana, S Rajeshkumar |
Keywords |
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Kidney stone, Nephro-protective activity, noni, Morinda citrifolia, Creatinine |
Issue Date |
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June 2014 |
Abstract |
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Morinda citrifolia is one of the important medicinal plants having a lot of phytochemicals, which plays very important role in medicines. In this present investigation, the animals are induced to kidney stone by giving ethylene glycol mixed with water and given orally, and 0.5 % ammonium chloride are mixed with water and given orally for 28 days. The induced rats are treated with Noni (1 in 10 ml ) mixed with H2O and given to the rats for 28 days, and induced to kidney stone + ammonium chloride is treated with Noni extract mixed with water and given to the rats for 28 days. After the treatment the urinary parameters like creatinine, protein, calcium, oxalate, phosphate are decreased except magnesium, its level is increased and serum creatinine level is decreased. The results are shows the good medicinal properties of noni extract of Morinda citrifolia. |
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249-256 |
ISSN |
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0975-9492 |
Source |
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Vol. 5, No.6 |
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