title: Evaluation of Musa (Paradisiaca Linn. cultivar)--"Puttubale" stem juice for antilithiatic activity in albino rats.
abstract: The fresh juice of Musa stem (Puttubale) was tested for its antilithiatic activity. Zinc discs were implanted in the urinary bladder of albino rats to induce urolithiasis. The stones formed were mainly of magnesium ammonium phosphate with traces of calcium oxalate. Musa stem juice (3 mL/rat/day orally) was found to be effective in reducing the formation and also in dissolving the pre-formed stones.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal.
authors.forename: K V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bharathi
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Srinivasan
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D002129:Calcium Oxalate / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D017616:Magnesium Compounds / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D010710:Phosphates / Q000032:analysis; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D000069877:Struvite; D001744:Urinary Bladder Calculi / Q000737:chemistry / Q000628:therapy*; D015032:Zinc
chemical_list: D017616:Magnesium Compounds; D010710:Phosphates; D002129:Calcium Oxalate; D000069877:Struvite; D015032:Zinc