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Table 2 Biochemical parameters in kidney fragments

From: In vitro study of protective effect of Pterocarpus erinaceus Poir. stem bark and Amaranthus spinosus L. root extracts on cataractogenesis and glomerulopathy

Biochemical parameters

MDA (nM/mg protein)

GSH (µg/mg protein)

NC

0.0355 ± 0.0014

6.7555 ± 0.2725

TC

0.0816 ± 0.0015# #

0.3767 ± 0.0625# #

P. erinaceus 500 mg/kg

0.0455 ± 0.0028**

3.7991 ± 0.0715**

P. erinaceus 250 mg/kg

0.0509 ± 0.0013*

3.5779 ± 0.2172*

A. spinosus 500 mg/kg

0.0373 ± 0.0015**

5.3670 ± 0.1345***

A. spinosus 250 mg/kg

0.0493 ± 0.0021*

2.8165 ± 0.1058**

Rutin 500 µg/kg

0.0360 ± 0.0009**

4.6966 ± 0.2016**

  1. NC = normal control; TC = toxic control; MDA = malondialdehyde; GSH = glutathione. The values were analyzed with a 1-way ANOVA and then expressed as mean ± SEM. # #p < 0.01 compared to NC; *p < 0.05;**p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; compared to TC. n = 5