<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nair Aiswarya</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rao Rashmi R</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shenoy Preethi J</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vinod Chandran</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">S Teerthanath</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pai Sunil B</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">KB Rakesh</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nephroprotective Effect of Aqueous Extract of Pimpinella anisum in Gentamicin Induced Nephrotoxicity in Wistar Rats</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aniseed</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Drug induced nephrotoxicity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gentamicin</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nephroprotective</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pimpinella anisum</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">March 2018</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://fulltxt.org/article/532</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">403-407</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;Pimpinella anisum&lt;/em&gt; known for its various medicinal properties is also a natural antioxidant and a free radical scavenger with no documented evidence as a nephroprotective agent. &lt;strong&gt;Objective:&lt;/strong&gt; To evaluate the nephroprotective activity of aqueous extract of &lt;em&gt;Pimpinella anisum&lt;/em&gt; seeds in a rodent model of gentamicin induced nephrotoxicity. &lt;strong&gt;Materials and Methods:&lt;/strong&gt; Wistar albino rats of either sex, weighing 150&amp;ndash;200 g was divided into 5 groups; normal saline, gentamicin 80mg/kg, intraperitoneally for 8 days, aqueous extract of &lt;em&gt;Pimpinella anisum&lt;/em&gt; seeds at 1, 2, and 4g/kg, per oral for 8 days, the test extract administered 3 days prior and concurrently with gentamicin for 5 days. Blood urea, serum creatinine, uric acid and blood urea nitrogen analyses and microscopic examination of kidney were performed. &lt;strong&gt;Results:&lt;/strong&gt; Gentamicin treatment caused nephrotoxicity as evidenced by marked elevation in serum urea, serum uric acid, serum creatinine and blood urea nitrogen (107.5&amp;plusmn;16.92mg/dl, 0.8&amp;plusmn;0.09 mg/dl, 3.05&amp;plusmn;0.29 mg/dl, 47.8&amp;plusmn;9.07 mg/dl) respectively when compared to the saline treated groups. Co-administration of &lt;em&gt;Pimpinella anisum&lt;/em&gt; extract with gentamicin decreased the rise in these parameters in a dose dependent manner. Histopathological analysis revealed epithelial loss with intense granular degeneration in gentamicin treated rats, whereas aqueous extract of &lt;em&gt;Pimpinella anisum&lt;/em&gt; mitigated the severity of gentamicin-induced renal damage. &lt;strong&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/strong&gt; To conclude, our data suggest that aqueous extract of &lt;em&gt;Pimpinella anisum&lt;/em&gt; exhibits renoprotective effect in gentamicin induced renal damage and further studies on its mechanism of action are warranted.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Original Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">403</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nair Aiswarya&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, Rao Rashmi R&lt;sup&gt;1*&lt;/sup&gt;, Shenoy Preethi J&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, Vinod Chandran&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;, S Teerthanath&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;, Pai Sunil B&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, KB Rakesh&lt;sup&gt;1 &lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Pharmacology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Biochemistry, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;Department of Pathology, K S Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University, Deralakatte, Mangalore, Karnataka, INDIA.&lt;/p&gt;</style></auth-address></record></records></xml>