• DOI:10.1016/S0944-7113(00)80003-3
Corpus ID: 12406772

Ginkgo biloba extract ameliorates gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity in rats.

@article{Naidu2000GinkgoBE,
  title={Ginkgo biloba extract ameliorates gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity in rats.},
  author={M. U. R. Naidu and A. A. Shifow and K. V. Kumar and K. S. Ratnakar},
  journal={Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology},
  year={2000},
  volume={7 3},
  pages={
          191-7
        }
}

M. U. R. Naidu, A. A. Shifow, +1 author K. S. Ratnakar

Published 2000

Medicine

Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology

The effect of Ginkgo biloba (EGb), a plant extract with an antioxidant effect, has been studied on gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity in male wistar rats. Ginkgo biloba extract (300 mg/kg BW) was administered orally 2 days before and 8 days concurrently with gentamicin (80 mg/kg BW). Saline treated animals served as control. Estimations of urine creatinine, glucose, blood urea, serum creatinine, plasma and kidney tissue MDA were carried out after 8 days of gentamicin treatment. Kidneys were… CONTINUE READING

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