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Khellin

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Khellin has been used as an herbal folk medicine, with use in the Mediterranean dating back to Ancient Egypt, to treat a variety of maladies including: renal colic, kidney stones, coronary disease, bronchial asthma, vitiligo, and psoriasis. [1]

27 relations: Amikhelline, Amiodarone, Ammi (plant), Ammi visnaga, Angina, Asthma, Calcium oxalate, Calculus (medicine), Cholestasis, Coronary artery disease, Cromoglicic acid, Diuretic, Efficacy, Furanochromone, Gamma-glutamyltransferase, Hyperoxaluria, Kidney stone disease, Melanocyte, Psoralen, Psoriasis, Renal colic, Schistosomiasis, Toxicity, Traditional medicine, Ureter, Visnagin, Vitiligo.

Amikhelline

Amikhelline is an antimitotic drug.

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Amiodarone

Amiodarone is an antiarrhythmic medication used to treat and prevent a number of types of irregular heartbeats.

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Ammi (plant)

Ammi is a genus of about 6 species of summer-flowering plants in the Apiaceae family.

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Ammi visnaga

Ammi visnaga is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by many common names, including toothpick-plant, toothpickweed, bisnaga, khella, or sometimes Bishop's weed.

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Angina

Angina, also known as angina pectoris, is chest pain or pressure, usually due to not enough blood flow to the heart muscle.

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Asthma

Asthma is a common long-term inflammatory disease of the airways of the lungs.

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Calcium oxalate

Calcium oxalate (in archaic terminology, oxalate of lime) is a calcium salt of oxalate with the chemical formula CaC2O4(H2O)x, where x can vary.

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Calculus (medicine)

A calculus (plural calculi), often called a stone, is a concretion of material, usually mineral salts, that forms in an organ or duct of the body.

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Cholestasis

Cholestasis is a condition where bile cannot flow from the liver to the duodenum.

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Coronary artery disease

Coronary artery disease (CAD), also known as ischemic heart disease (IHD), refers to a group of diseases which includes stable angina, unstable angina, myocardial infarction, and sudden cardiac death.

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Cromoglicic acid

Cromoglicic acid (INN) (also referred to as cromolyn (USAN), cromoglycate (former BAN), or cromoglicate) is traditionally described as a mast cell stabilizer, and is commonly marketed as the sodium salt sodium cromoglicate or cromolyn sodium.

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Diuretic

A diuretic is any substance that promotes diuresis, the increased production of urine.

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Efficacy

Efficacy is the ability to get a job done satisfactorily.

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Furanochromone

Furanochromone is a chemical compound which is a derivative of chromone (1,4-benzopyrone) and furan.

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Gamma-glutamyltransferase

Gamma-glutamyltransferase (also γ-glutamyltransferase, GGT, gamma-GT) is a transferase (a type of enzyme) that catalyzes the transfer of gamma-glutamyl functional groups from molecules such as glutathione to an acceptor that may be an amino acid, a peptide or water (forming glutamate).

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Hyperoxaluria

Hyperoxaluria is an excessive urinary excretion of oxalate.

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Kidney stone disease

Kidney stone disease, also known as urolithiasis, is when a solid piece of material (kidney stone) occurs in the urinary tract.

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Melanocyte

Melanocytes are melanin-producing neural crest-derived cells located in the bottom layer (the stratum basale) of the skin's epidermis, the middle layer of the eye (the uvea), the inner ear, vaginal epithelium, meninges, bones, and heart.

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Psoralen

Psoralen (also called psoralene) is the parent compound in a family of natural products known as furocoumarins.

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Psoriasis

Psoriasis is a long-lasting autoimmune disease characterized by patches of abnormal skin.

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Renal colic

Renal colic is a type of abdominal pain commonly caused by kidney stones.

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Schistosomiasis

Schistosomiasis, also known as snail fever and bilharzia, is a disease caused by parasitic flatworms called schistosomes.

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Toxicity

Toxicity is the degree to which a chemical substance or a particular mixture of substances can damage an organism.

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Traditional medicine

Traditional medicine (also known as indigenous or folk medicine) comprises medical aspects of traditional knowledge that developed over generations within various societies before the era of modern medicine.

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Ureter

In human anatomy, the ureters are tubes made of smooth muscle fibers that propel urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.

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Visnagin

Visnagin is an organic chemical compound with the molecular formula C13H10O4 It is a furanochromone, a compound derivative of chromone (1,4-benzopyrone) and furan.

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Vitiligo

Vitiligo is a long-term skin condition characterized by patches of the skin losing their pigment.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khellin

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