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Simultaneous use of oxalate-degrading bacteria and herbal extract to reduce the urinary oxalate in a rat model: A new strategy

Overview of attention for article published in International Brazilian Journal of Urology, November 2019
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Title
Simultaneous use of oxalate-degrading bacteria and herbal extract to reduce the urinary oxalate in a rat model: A new strategy
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International Brazilian Journal of Urology, November 2019
DOI 10.1590/s1677-5538.ibju.2019.0167
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Rouhi Afkari, Mohammad Mehdi Feizabadi, Alireza Ansari-Moghadam, Tahereh Safari, Mohammad Bokaeian

Abstract

Urinary stones with oxalate composition can cause kidney failure. Recent findings evidenced that probiotics are effective in reducing oxalate absorption in these subjects based on their high colonic absorption levels at baseline. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of the simultaneous use of oxalate-degrading bacteria, Urtica dioica and T. terrestris extract in reducing urinary oxalate. Anti-urolithiatic activity of Urtica dioica and T. terrestris extract and pro-biotic by using ethylene glycol induced rat model. In this study, 4 strains of Lactobacillus and 2 strains of Bifidobacterium and also 2 strains of L. paracasei (that showed high power in oxalate degrading in culture media) were used. Male Wistar rats were divided into four groups (n=6). The rats of group-I received normal diet (positive control group) and groups-II (negative control group), III, IV rats received diet containing ethylene glycol (3%) for 30 days. Groups III rats re-ceived Urtica dioica and T. terrestris extract. Groups IV rats received extracts + probiotic for 30 days. The results show that the use of herbal extracts (Urtica dioica and T. terrestris) redu-ced the level of urinary oxalate and other parameters of urine and serum. Also, the accumulation of calcium oxalate crystals in the kidney tissue was significantly reduced. Considering that the formation of calcium oxalate crystals can cause inflammation and tissue damage in the kidney, the use of herbal extracts with oxalatedegrading bacteria can be a new therapeutic approach to preventing the formation of kidney stones.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 40 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 18%
Other 5 13%
Student > Master 5 13%
Student > Bachelor 4 10%
Researcher 2 5%
Other 2 5%
Unknown 15 38%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 10%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 10%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 10%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 3 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 8%
Other 4 10%
Unknown 18 45%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 April 2021.
All research outputs
#7,360,734
of 25,806,763 outputs
Outputs from International Brazilian Journal of Urology
#131
of 733 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#127,822
of 379,599 outputs
Outputs of similar age from International Brazilian Journal of Urology
#4
of 6 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 733 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 4.5. This one has done well, scoring higher than 82% of its peers.
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