Abstract

Background The kidneys, major regulators of homeostasis, play a vital role in maintaining fluid volume and electrolyte balance by performing many essential functions such as filtration of blood and electrolytes, clearance of waste products and excretion of exogenous drugs and toxins. Despite tremendous advances in modern medicine, effective nephroprotective drug is not available. Cinnamomum tamala, a herbal plant commonly used as a spice in Indian households, has been claimed to have nephroprotective potential. The present study was conducted to exhibit, the nephroprotective effect of aqueous extracts of Cinnamomum tamala against gentamicin induced nephrotoxicity in albino rats.

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