Effects of frankincense on experimentally induced renal stones in rats.

Objectives: Frankincense (Luban) is a resin obtained from trees of genus . The south of Oman hosts trees known to have many social, religious and medicinal uses. The anti-inflammatory and therapeutic potential of Luban has recently attracted the interest of the scientific community.

The Effect of an Extract and Fractions of Date Pits on Some Plasma Constituents, Reproductive Hormones, and Testicular Histology in Male Mice.

Pits of dates ( L.) have numerous nutritional benefits that could have wide-ranging applications. This study aimed to examine the effects of administering three extracts from powdered date pits on some basic physiological parameters, plasma constituents, reproductive hormones, and testicular histology in CD1 male mice.

The Effect of Metformin in Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Rats with Experimentally-Induced Chronic Kidney Disease.

This work aimed to investigate whether treatment with the antidiabetic drug metformin would affect adenine-induced chronic kidney disease (CKD) in non-diabetic rats and rats with streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes. Rats were randomly divided into eight groups, and given either normal feed, or feed mixed with adenine (0.25% , for five weeks) to induce CKD.

Effects of repeated increasing doses of cisplatin as models of acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease in rats.

Cisplatin (CP) is nephrotoxic, and this side effect is used as an animal model for acute kidney injury (AKI). Earlier research has been focused on CP-induced AKI, with relatively little attention being paid to its ability to progress to chronic kidney disease (CKD) on repeated administration. We aimed here to test the dose dependency of its nephrotoxic actions by comparing various physiological, biochemical, molecular, and histopathological indices using repeated increasing doses of CP in rats.