Table 2.
Effect of plant extracts on urine output and electrolytic excretion index after collecting 6 h of urine as well as index for the saluretic, natriuretic, kaliuretic and CAI activity.
| Treatment Group | Diuretic Index | Na+ Index | K+ Index | Cl− Index | Saluretic Index |
Natriuretic Index | Kaliuretic Index | CAI Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frusemide (10 mg/kg) | 3.88 | 2.86 | 1.61 | 1.72 | 2.22 | 1.79 | 0.56 | 0.73 |
| CD (250 mg/kg) | 1.38 | 1.78 | 1.74 | 1.53 | 1.64 | 1.02 | 0.97 | 0.87 |
| CD (500 mg/kg) | 2.13 | 2.53 | 1.87 | 1.80 | 2.12 | 1.35 | 0.73 | 0.79 |
| CT (250 mg/kg) | 1.13 | 1.45 | 1.43 | 1.34 | 1.39 | 1.02 | 0.99 | 0.93 |
| CT (500 mg/kg) | 2 | 2.37 | 1.99 | 1.82 | 2.06 | 1.18 | 0.84 | 0.82 |
Diuretic index, volume of urine in test group/volume of urine in control group; Na+ index, sodium excreted in test group/sodium excreted in control group; K+ index, potassium excreted in test group/potassium excreted in control group; Cl− index, chloride excreted in test group/chloride excreted in control group; saluretic index, saluretic activity in test group/saluretic activity in control group; natriuretic index, natriuretic activity in test group/natriuretic activity in control group; kaliuretic index, kaliuretic activity in test group/kaliuretic activity in control group; CAI index, CAI activity in test group/CAI activity in control group.