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SAUDI JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume 28, Issue 5, Pages 2701-2708Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.02.033
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Acorus calamus; Obesity; Liver function marker; Renal function marker; Hepatoprotective; Nephroprotective
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The study demonstrated the hepatoprotective and nephroprotective effects of Acorus calamus, which reduced food intake, body weight, plasma electrolyte concentration, and increased electrolyte excretion in urine. Biochemical findings indicated hepatoprotective effects of AC, while histopathological changes showed its nephroprotective nature.
Acorus calamus (AC), is an herbal medicine commonly used as traditional practice in pharmacological applications. Present study initiated was evident to proof the hepatoprotective and nephroprotective activity with supporting histopathological status of kidneys and liver. Investigation done with the 5% (w/v) of AC dissolved in tap water (50 g/l) given for 15 days compared with control tap water to 5-7 week old C57Bl/6 mice both sexes. Renal function, liver function, biochemical and complete blood count was evaluated. AC significantly reduced food intake, body weight, also plasma concentration of electrolytes such as Na', K', Ca2', were reduced as the excretion of electrolytes were increased in urine, significantly increased Fluid Intake, with Urinary urea, Urinary creatinine, Glomerular Filtration Rate, creatinine clearance, High-density lipoproteins, Mean Corpuscular Volume. The biochemical findings showed the hepatoprotective and histopathological changes showed the nephroprotective nature of AC by normal structure with no necrosis. @& nbsp;2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of King Saud University. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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