| measurement of glomerular filtration rate using inulin prepared from vernonia herbacea, a brazilian native species. | vernonia herbacea (vell.) rusby (asteraceae) is a perennial herb native to the cerrado vegetation of tropical areas in brazil, which accumulates inulin in the underground reserve organs. the aim of this paper was to determine whether the inulin extracted from v. herbacea could replace commercial inulin for the measurement of glomerular filtration rate (gfr). underground organs of vegetative plants were collected from a preserved area of the brazilian cerrado. the inulin fraction utilized was obt ... | 1996 | 9181115 |