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- Title
Efecto diurético agudo de los extractos etanólico y acuoso de Ceratopteris pteridoides (Hook) en ratas normales.
- Authors
Alviz, Antistio Aníbal; Salas, Rubén Darío; Franco, Luis Alberto
- Abstract
Introduction. Ceratopteris pteridoides is a semiaquatic fern of the Parkeriacea family, widely used in the Colombian folk medicine as a diuretic and cholelithiasic, of which there are no scientific reports that validate its popular use. Objective. To evaluate the acute and short-term repeated-dose diuretic effect of the ethanolic and aqueous extracts of C. pteridoides in an in vivo model. Materials and methods. The total ethanolic extract was obtained by maceration of the whole plant of C. pteridoides with ethanol and the aqueous extract by decoction at 60°C for 15 minutes. Both extracts were evaluated in preliminary phytochemical analysis and histological studies after the administration of the extracts for 8 consecutive days (1000 mg/Kg). The diuretic effect was evaluated using Wistar rats treated with the extracts (500 mg/Kg), using an acute and a short-term repeated-dose model, and quantifying water elimination, sodium and potassium excretion by atomic absorption spectrophotometry, and chloride excretion by mercurimetric titration. Results. In the acute model both extracts showed significant diuretic, natriuretic, and kaliuretic effect compared to the control group. Whereas, a short-term repeated-dose administration showed a diuretic effect without elimination of electrolytes. The histopathologic study did not suggest a toxic effect in liver or kidney. Conclusion. The results represent evidence of the diuretic activity of C. pteridoides and give support the popular use given to this plant in the north coast of Colombia. Further studies are required to isolate and identify the compounds responsible for the activity and the mechanism of action involved.
- Subjects
COLOMBIA; CERATOPTERIS; LABORATORY rats; PLANT extracts; ETHANOL as fuel; ATOMIC absorption spectroscopy
- Publication
Biomédica: Revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2013, Vol 33, Issue 1, p115
- ISSN
0120-4157
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7705/biomedica.v32i4.750