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DIURETICS
• A diuretic is any substance that promotes diuresis(अधिक पेशाब होना).
• A diuretic tablet is sometimes colloquially(बोलचाल की भाषा में ) called a water tablet.
• There are several categories of diuretics. All diuretics increase the excretion of water from the body, through
the kidneys. There exist several classes of diuretic, and each works in a distinct way.
• Further deatil – Pharmaceutical chemistry, ch-8, Diuretics

1. GOKHRU

• Gokhru is an annual plant in the caltrop family (Zygophyllaceae)

• It is adapted to grow in dry climate locations in which few other plants can survive.
• Synonym- chota gokhru(hindi), Palleru(Telugu), Puncture vine, Goat’s head.
➢ Biological source
Dried ripe fruits of Tribulus terrestris of family Zygophyllaceae
➢ Chemical constituents
• It consists of sapogenins such as
→ diosgenin,
→ chlorogenin,
→ hecogenin
→ neotigogenin.
• Other steroidal such as
→ terestroside F,
→ tribulosin,
→ trillin,
→ gracillin,
→ dioscin
➢ Therapeutic efficacy
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2. PUNARNAVA

• Punarnava is a species of flowering plant in the four o'clock family

• It is called punarnava which means rejuvenates or renews the body in Ayurveda
• Synonym- Hogweed, Tarvine(English), Raktakunda and Sothaghni(Sanskrit)
➢ Biological source
Fresh or dried herb of Boerhaavia diffusa of family Nyctaginaceae
➢ Chemical constituents
• Alkaloid
→ Punarnavine
• Other
→ Allointoin
→ b-Sitosterol,
→ palmitic acid,
→ ester of b-sitosterol,
→ arachidic acid,
→ urosilic acid,
→ b-Ecdysone,
→ triacontanol
➢ Therapeutic efficacy