RESEARCH INTO DIURETIC EFFECT OF SIDERITIS DICHOTOMA HUTER
Nese KIRIMER*, Hülya TANRIVERDI*, Ayse BASARAN**, Gökhan TIMURALP***, Solmaz SIMSEK**, K.Hüsnü Can BASER* °
*Anadolu University, Medical and Aromatical Plant and Drug Research Center, 26470 Eskisehir, TURKEY.**Osmangazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Madical Biology, 26480 Eskisehir, TURKEY. ***Devlet Demir Yollari Hospital, Department of Biochemistry, 26310 Eskisehir, TURKEY.
°Corresponding Author

Summary:
Sideritis species are used in folk medicine as diuretic, aganist common cold, in stomach disorders and to pass calculi.
Sideritis dichotoma Huter (Labiatae) is an endemic species growing in North and Northwest Turkey. It is known as”Sarikiz çayi” in Balikesir province.
Above ground parts of the plants have been tested on albino rats for diuretic activity and biochemical parameters in urine and the effect of diuresis have been determined. The plant was found to be inactive.

Keywords:
Sideritis dichotoma, diuretic effect