Nephroprotective activity of Vetiveria zizanioides (L.) Nash supplement in doxorubicin-induced nephrotoxicity model of Wistar rats.

The nephroprotective effect of standardized aqueous root extract of Vetiveria zizanioides (L.) Nash (Family: Poaceae) was investigated in doxorubicin-induced (20 mg/kg, ip) experimental nephrotoxicity model of Wistar rats. The freeze-dried aqueous refluxed (4 hr) root extract of V.

Standardized aqueous stem bark extract of roxb. possesses nephroprotection against adriamycin-induced nephrotoxicity in Wistar rats.

Nephrotoxicity is a major limitation of adriamycin (ADR) chemotherapy. We hypothesized that administration of standardized aqueous bark extract of . (GA) (Family; Verbenaceae), a traditional therapeutic agent, may reduce the nephrotoxicity caused by ADR in Wistar rats.

Acute and 28-Day Repeated-Dose Oral Toxicity Assessment of Medik. in Healthy Wistar Rats.

Medik. (family: Malvaceae) has a long history of being used as a folk medicine in Sri Lanka. Despite the therapeutic use of this plant in traditional medicine, leaves of have not been subjected to scientific evaluation of toxicity/adverse effects .

Protective effects of three selected standardized medicinal plant extracts used in Sri Lankan traditional medicine in adriamycin induced nephrotoxic Wistar rats.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Abelmoschus moschatus Medik. (family: Malvaceae), Asparagus falcatus (family: Asparagaceae) and Barleria prionitis Linn. (family: Acanthaceae) have been used in the treatment of kidney diseases in Sri Lankan traditional medicine.