An integrated view of aristolochic acid nephropathy: update of the literature

I Jadot, AE Declèves, J Nortier, N Caron - International Journal of …, 2017‏ - mdpi.com
The term “aristolochic acid nephropathy”(AAN) is used to include any form of toxic interstitial
nephropathy that is caused either by ingestion of plants containing aristolochic acids (AA) as …

The epidemiology, diagnosis, and management of aristolochic acid nephropathy: a narrative review

MR Gökmen, JP Cosyns, VM Arlt… - Annals of internal …, 2013‏ - acpjournals.org
It has been 20 years since the first description of a rapidly progressive renal disease that is
associated with the consumption of Chinese herbs containing aristolochic acid (AA) and is …

What do we know about chronic kidney disease in India: first report of the Indian CKD registry

MM Rajapurkar, GT John, AL Kirpalani, G Abraham… - BMC nephrology, 2012‏ - Springer
Background There are no national data on the magnitude and pattern of chronic kidney
disease (CKD) in India. The Indian CKD Registry documents the demographics, etiological …

Decreased kidney function of unknown cause in Nicaragua: a community-based survey

C Torres, A Aragón, M González, I López… - American Journal of …, 2010‏ - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: End-stage kidney disease overwhelms health services in Central America.
We determined prevalences of decreased kidney function in distinct populations in the most …

Population-based case–control study of Chinese herbal products containing aristolochic acid and urinary tract cancer risk

MN Lai, SM Wang, PC Chen, YY Chen… - Journal of the National …, 2010‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background Consumption of Chinese herbs that contain aristolochic acid (eg, Mu
Tong) has been associated with an increased risk of urinary tract cancer. Methods We …

Kidney toxicity related to herbs and dietary supplements: Online table of case reports. Part 3 of 5 series

AC Brown - Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Background No tabular summary of potentially life-threatening, kidney-toxic dietary
supplements (DS; includes herbs) based on PubMed case reports is currently available …

Herbal medicines and chronic kidney disease

V Jha - Nephrology, 2010‏ - Wiley Online Library
Alternative and indigenous systems of medicine are popular amongst the poorer sections of
society in the develo** world. Their use in the developed world has also increased in …

The genus Asarum: A review on phytochemistry, ethnopharmacology, toxicology and pharmacokinetics

H Liu, C Wang - Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance In essentially every quadrant of the globe, many species of
genus Asarum are used as a common herbal medicine and appear in many formulas or …

[HTML][HTML] Review of current and “omics” methods for assessing the toxicity (genotoxicity, teratogenicity and nephrotoxicity) of herbal medicines and mushrooms

M Ouedraogo, T Baudoux, C Stévigny, J Nortier… - Journal of …, 2012‏ - Elsevier
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: The increasing use of traditional herbal
medicines around the world requires more scientific evidence for their putative …

[HTML][HTML] Association of prescribed Chinese herbal medicine use with risk of end-stage renal disease in patients with chronic kidney disease

MY Lin, YW Chiu, JS Chang, HL Lin, CTC Lee… - Kidney international, 2015‏ - Elsevier
The evidence on whether Chinese herbal medicines affect outcome in patients with chronic
kidney disease (CKD) is limited. Here we retrospectively explored the association of …