Review on Nephroprotective Activity Study by Different Plant Extract

Kidney diseases are a major problem of worldwide proportions and renal damage is very common since kidney has the capacity to excrete toxic substances. A phytotherapeutic approach to modern drug development can provide many invaluable drugs from traditional medicinal plants. Search for pure photochemical as drugs is time consuming and expensive. Numerous plants and polyherbal formulations are used for the treatment of renal diseases. However, in most of the severe cases, the treatments are not satisfactory. Although experimental evaluations were carried out on a good number of these plants and formulations, the studies were mostly incomplete and insufficient. The therapeutic values were tested against a few chemicals-induced subclinical levels of kidney damages in rodents. In this review some of the plants with their extract studied for protective effect in renal diseases were summerised.