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Volume 33, 2019 - Issue 12
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Short Communication

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

Hoda E. HozaienFaculty of Pharmacy for Girls, Pharmacognosy Department, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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Walid Hamdy El-TantawyNational Organization for Drug Control & Research, Cairo, EgyptCorrespondence[email protected]
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Abeer TemrazFaculty of Pharmacy for Girls, Pharmacognosy Department, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt;College of Pharmacy, Pharmacognosy Department, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
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Omayma D. El-GindiFaculty of Pharmacy, Pharmacognosy Department, Egyptian-Russian University, Cairo, Egypt
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Kamilia F. TahaNational Organization for Drug Control & Research, Cairo, Egypt
Pages 1832-1833 | Received 02 Dec 2017, Accepted 02 Feb 2018, Published online: 08 Feb 2018
 
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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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