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Natural Product Research
Formerly Natural Product Letters
Volume 33, 2019 - Issue 12
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Diuretic activity of ethanolic extract of Panicum repens L. roots and rhizomes

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Pages 1832-1833 | Received 02 Dec 2017, Accepted 02 Feb 2018, Published online: 08 Feb 2018
 

Abstract

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.

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