ABSTRACT

Kidney is a important organ, with a million of nephrons performing vital functions of it. Some of the functions like filtration, electrolyte balance, and excretion and so on. So in order to make the kidney run all its vital functions adequately it is necessary to keep it healthy which can only be acquired with a healthy lifestyle. Herbal medicines proved as an efficient approach to treat various diseases and an affordable therapy to cure various kidney diseases. A lot of ways are known to have good effect on renal function, one of which is to use different phytoconstituents for the betterment of renal health. Many evidences from different studies are found which give support to the statement that phytochemicals are effective in keeping the renal functions intact. Ascorbic acid, lycopene, resveratrol, DL-?-lipoic acid, hesperidine are few important phytoconstituents for kidney. In past years, a number studies has been conducted in order to discover new ways/medicine/phytochemicals which can help to maintain a healthy renal function. Keywords: Kidney, nephrons, phytoconstituents, taurine, lycopene, ginseng, ginkgo biloba
Publication date: 01/03/2022

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2022/11.3.5925