Studies on extraction and in vitro anti-urolithic effect of the prescription ngu linh gia vi

ABSTRACT

Dried powder extraction Among the components of the traditional oriental prescription “Ngu linh gia vi”, rhizoma Atractylodis macrocephalae, Polia, Polyporus, rhizoma Alismatis and cortex Cinnamomi were extracted with ethanol 80%; the others were extracted with boiled water. All the extracts were mixed with rhizoma Dioscoreae persimilis powder, then dried in vacuum. The total yield of the dried extract was 7.7% compared with the plant materials. Anti-urolithic effect In vitro studies showed that the percentages of worn stones were respectively 0.92% (control group), 18.94% (low dose of dried extract group), and 19.97% (high dose of dried extract group).