TY - JOUR
T1 - Protective influence of Pongamia pinnata (Karanja) on blood ammonia and urea levels in ammonium chloride-induced hyperammonemia
T2 - Antihyperammonemic effect of the leaf extract
AU - Essa, Musthafa Mohamed
AU - Subramanian, Perumal
AU - Suthakar, Ganapathy
AU - Manivasagam, Tamilarasan
AU - Dakshayani, Kadiyala Babu
PY - 2005/9
Y1 - 2005/9
N2 - The present study was undertaken to investigate the antihyperammonemic efficacy of the leaf extract of Pongamia pinnata, an indigenous plant used in Ayurvedic Medicine in India (PPEt), on blood ammonia, plasma urea, uric acid, non-protein nitrogen and serum creatinine in control and ammonium chloride induced hyperammonemic rats. The levels of blood ammonia, circulatory urea, uric acid, non-protein nitrogen and creatinine increased significantly in rats treated with ammonium chloride and decreased significantly in rats treated with PPEt and ammonium chloride. There were no significant changes in the body weights of the experimental animals when compared to controls. The antihyperammonemic effect of PPEt could be attributed to (1) its nephroprotective effect by means of detoxifying excess urea and creatinine, (2) its free radical scavenging property, and (3) its antioxidant property. The exact mechanism of antihyperammonemic effect PPEt has still to be investigated and isolation of the active constituents is required.
AB - The present study was undertaken to investigate the antihyperammonemic efficacy of the leaf extract of Pongamia pinnata, an indigenous plant used in Ayurvedic Medicine in India (PPEt), on blood ammonia, plasma urea, uric acid, non-protein nitrogen and serum creatinine in control and ammonium chloride induced hyperammonemic rats. The levels of blood ammonia, circulatory urea, uric acid, non-protein nitrogen and creatinine increased significantly in rats treated with ammonium chloride and decreased significantly in rats treated with PPEt and ammonium chloride. There were no significant changes in the body weights of the experimental animals when compared to controls. The antihyperammonemic effect of PPEt could be attributed to (1) its nephroprotective effect by means of detoxifying excess urea and creatinine, (2) its free radical scavenging property, and (3) its antioxidant property. The exact mechanism of antihyperammonemic effect PPEt has still to be investigated and isolation of the active constituents is required.
KW - Ammonium chloride
KW - Creatinine
KW - Non-protein nitrogen
KW - Pongamia pinnata
KW - Urea
KW - Uric acid
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U2 - 10.32725/jab.2005.017
DO - 10.32725/jab.2005.017
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:27444438086
SN - 1214-021X
VL - 3
SP - 133
EP - 138
JO - Journal of Applied Biomedicine
JF - Journal of Applied Biomedicine
IS - 3
ER -