Preventive treatment of calcium oxalate crystal deposition with immortal flowers

Orhan N., ONARAN M., ŞEN İ., IŞIK GÖNÜL İ., ASLAN M.

JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY, cilt.163, ss.60-67, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 163
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.01.009
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.60-67
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Calcium oxalate crystallization, Helichrysum, Asteraceae, Immortal flowers, Kidney stone, Urolithiasis, PLICATUM-SSP-PLICATUM, TRADITIONAL MEDICINE, FOLK MEDICINE, TURKEY, ANATOLIA, FLAVONOIDS, PLANTS, ANTIOXIDANT, ANTAGONISTS, PROVINCES
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Ethnopharmacological relevance: A number of medicinal plants are used for their diuretic, urolithiatic and anti-inflammatory effects on urinary system problems in Turkey and the most common traditional remedy for kidney stones is the tea of immortal flowers. The aim of this study is to evaluate the preventive effect of infusions prepared from capitulums of Helichrysum graveolens (M.Bieb.) Sweet (HG) and Helichrysum stoechas ssp. barellieri (Ten.) Nyman (HS) on formation of kidney stones.