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ArticleInternational journal of preventive medicine2014

Lack of nephroprotective efficacy of althaea officinalis flower extract against gentamicin renal toxicity in male rats.

Ardeshir Talebi, Amirhossein Karimi, Khadija Ouguerram, Nasrin Vahidi-Ataabadi, Fatemeh Eshraghi-Jazi, Azam Mansouri, Mehdi Nematbakhsh

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Article in International journal of preventive medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ardeshir TalebiWater and Electrolytes Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran ; Department of Clinical Pathology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Amirhossein KarimiDepartment of Nutrition, University of Nantes, Nantes, France.
Khadija OuguerramDepartment of Nutrition, University of Nantes, Nantes, France.
Nasrin Vahidi-AtaabadiDepartment of Clinical Pathology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Fatemeh Eshraghi-JaziWater and Electrolytes Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Azam MansouriWater and Electrolytes Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Mehdi NematbakhshWater and Electrolytes Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran ; Department of Physiology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran ; Isfahan™ Institute of Basic and Applied Sciences Research, Isfahan, Iran.
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGentamicin (GM) is used as antibiotic for Gram-negative infections, but its administration is limited due to a side-effect of nephrotoxicity. It was attempted to investigate the effect of Althaea officinalis flower extract (AOFE) against nephrotoxicity induced by GM in male rats.

methods30-year-old male Wistar rats were divided into five groups. Group 1 as a negative control group received AOFE 250 mg/kg/day. Groups 2-5 received saline, AOFE 50 mg/kg/day, AOFE 250 mg/kg/day, and AOFE 500 mg/kg/day for 9 days, respectively, and GM (100 mg/kg/day) was added from the 3(rd) day on. At the end of the experiment, blood samples were obtained, animals were sacrificed, and the kidneys were removed immediately.

resultsGentamicin (in group 2) significantly increased serum levels of blood urea nitrogen and creatinine as well as the pathological damage score (P < 0.05) when compared with group 1. Low dose of AOFE did not decrease the nephrotoxicity induced by GM while the high dose of AOFE aggravated renal toxicity (P < 0.05).

conclusionsAlthough AOFE acts as an antioxidant, at the doses used in the current study did not ameliorate nephrotoxicity induced by GM.

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Althaea officinalisGentamicinnephrotoxicityrat

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