Review Article
    Pharmacognosy Reviews
    Vol. 2
    Issue 4
    2008
    pp. 277-284
    Open Access

    Medicinal Plants and Urinary Tract Infections: An update

    A. Bag1,S.K. Bhattacharyya1,R.R. Chattopadhyay1
    1Agricultural and Ecological Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, 203, Barrackpore Trunk Road, Kolkata – 700 108, INDIA.
    Correspondence:

    *R.R. Chattopadhyay

    Agricultural and Ecological Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, 203, Barrackpore Trunk Road, Kolkata – 700 108, INDIA.

    rabi@isical.ac.in

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    2008 Author(s)

    Published:25/07/2008

    Abstract

    Medicinal plants are part and parcel of human society to combat diseases from the dawn of civilization. According to World Health Organization (WHO), about 80% of the world population rely chiefly on plant based traditional medicine specially for their primary health care needs and there has been a worldwide move towards the use of traditional medicines due to concerns over the more invasive, expensive and potentially toxic main stream practices. This review gives a bird’s eye view on the updated information on urinary tract infections (UTIs) , different categories of urologic herbs, historical use and modern scientific investigations on some important urologic herbs, clinical studies, some isolated chemical compounds and their possible side effects.

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    Keywords

    Medicinal plants
    Urinary Tract Infections
    Historical use
    Scientific analysis
    Clinical studies
    Bioactive constituents
    Possible side effects
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