title: Effect of extracts of Orthosiphon stamineus Benth, Hieracium pilosella L., Sambucus nigra L. and Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. in rats.
abstract: Aqueous extracts of Sambucus nigra and Arctostaphylos uva-ursi and hydroalcohol extracts of Orthosiphon stamineus and Hieracium pilosella were tested for their diuretic activities in rats; pharmacological evaluation revealed that they led to an increase in urine flow. Urinary sodium excretion in rats was increased with O. stamineus and S. nigra.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie, Centre des Sciences de l'Environnement, Metz, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Beaux
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fleurentin
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mortier
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004231:Diuresis / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry*; D011188:Potassium / Q000652:urine; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012964:Sodium / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts; D012964:Sodium; D011188:Potassium