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Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2004 | Volume: 7 | Issue: 11 | Page No.: 1847-1850
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2004.1847.1850
Histopathological Studies of Some Indigenous Diuretic Medicinal Plants in Rats
Maryam Mirza, Zahra Yaqeen, Nasira Khatoon and R. B. Qadri

Abstract: Histopathological changes by the effect of some indigenous diuretic medicinal plants in the liver and kidney of rats is carried out. No morphometrical or histological changes were observed in these vital organs of test and control rats by these medicinal plants. So they are safe for common use.

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Maryam Mirza, Zahra Yaqeen, Nasira Khatoon and R. B. Qadri, 2004. Histopathological Studies of Some Indigenous Diuretic Medicinal Plants in Rats. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 7: 1847-1850.

Keywords: indigenous diurtic medicinal plants, histopathology, lover, kidney and rats

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