Pharmacognostical, phytochemical and Antiurolithiatic Activity of ethanolic extract Amoora Cucullata Roxb leaves.

Abstract

In ayurvedic system of medicine a massive number of medicinal plants are stated to have with antiurolithic activity. The present investigation is concerned with the widely distributed indigenous medicinal plant Amoora cucullata, most well known in traditional medicine practice.Urinary lithiasis is generally the results of an imbalance between inhibitors and promoters in the kidneys. To study the antiurolithic activity of ethanolic extract of leaves of Amoora Cucullata Roxb (ACR) in chemicals induced urolithiasis in Wistar rats.The ethanolic extract of Amoora cucullata subjected to column chromatography for the separation of compounds.   The ethanolic  extract  yielded  the compound  in the  fraction chloroform : acetone (80:20).Treatment  with  the Ethanolic extracts of Amoora cucullata restored the phosphate level, thus reducing the risk of stone formation.