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Urolithiasis and phytotherapy

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The effects of seven plants with suspected application to prevent and treat stone kidney formation (Verbena officinalis, Lithospermum officinale, Taraxacum officinale, Equisetum arvense. Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Arctium lappa andSilene saxifraga) have been studied using female Wistar rats. Variations of the main urolithiasis risk factors (citraturia, calciuria, phosphaturia, pH and diuresis) have been evaluated. It can be concluded that beneficial effects caused by these herb infusions on urolithiasis can be attributed to some disinfectant action, and tentatively to the presence of saponins. Specifically, some solvent action can be postulated with respect to uric stones or heterogeneous uric nucleus, due to the basifying capacity of some herb infusions. Nevertheless, for all the mentioned beneficial effects, more effective and equally innocuous substances are well known.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Balaeric Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

    F. Grases, G. Melero, A. Costa-Bauzá, R. Prieto & J. G. March

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Grases, F., Melero, G., Costa-Bauzá, A. et al. Urolithiasis and phytotherapy. International Urology and Nephrology 26, 507–511 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02767650

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