Evaluation of Nephroprotective Activity of the Methanolic Extract of Leaves of Bauhinia variegata Linn, (Family-Caesalpiniaceae)

Bauhinia variegata in Telugu it is known as “Deva Kanchanam” and in hindi “Kanchanar” whose meaning “A glowing beautiful lady”. Its various parts like flower, leaf, bark, stem, seeds, roots etc are practiced in various indigenous systems of medicine in India. After searching through the literatures and folk lore report the authors felt to carry on the nephroprotective activity of methanolic extract of leaves of Bauhinia variegataLinn.This nephroprotective study carried out by gentamicin induced nephrotoxicity. The result shown that the extract have very good protective effect in the control of creatinine, urea and uric acid(p<0.001).