title: Protective effect of oleanolic acid on gentamicin induced nephrotoxicity in rats.
abstract: Oleanolic acid is a molecule of current therapeutic interest. In the present study, oleanolic acid isolated from the cuticular epithelium of Viscum articulatum Burm. f. (Viscaceae) was investigated for its protective effects on gentamicin-induced renal damage in rats. Nephrotoxicity was induced in rats by intraperitoneal injection of gentamicin at a dose of 100 mg/kg/day for 8 days. The effect of Oleanolic acid administered orally at doses 40, 60 and 80 mg/kg/day was assessed biochemically by determination of albumin, urea and creatinine in serum and urine samples and also through histopathological examination of the kidneys. Oleanolic acid protected the rat kidneys from gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity as evident from a decrease in the serum and urine levels of creatinine, albumin and urea. Oleanolic acid also protected the rat kidneys from histological alterations induced by gentamicin and also improved the glomerular filtration rate. Compared with an earlier report on intraperitoneal administration of oleanolic acid in paracetamol-induced nephrotoxicity in rats, the data show that orally administered oleanolic acid also exerted a nephroprotective effect even in the case of a nephrotoxicant such as gentamicin, which directly deteriorates the kidney function without prior metabolism.
authors: R. C. Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Near Karwand Naka, Shirpur-425 405, Dist-Dhule, Maharashtra, India. chandragouda123@rediffmail.com
authors: Chandragouda R
authors: CR
authors: Patil
authors: Ramchandra B
authors: RB
authors: Jadhav
authors: Pushparaj K
authors: PK
authors: Singh
authors: Sneha
authors: S
authors: Mundada
authors: Prabhakar R
authors: PR
authors: Patil
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000418:Albumins / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000633:toxicity*; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects*; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D009828:Oleanolic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014508:Urea / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D028181:Viscum / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000418:Albumins; D005839:Gentamicins; D009828:Oleanolic Acid; D014508:Urea; D003404:Creatinine