Table 5.

Effects of rutin on body weight, kidney weight and relative kidney weight of rat

Treatment	Percent increase in body weight (g) after				Absolute kidney weight (g)	Relative kidney weight (% to bw)
	Istweek	2ndweek	3rdweek	4rthweek
Control	6.3±0.6++	13.4±1.3++	21.3±2.3++	28.2±3.4++	4.0±0.08++	0.040±0.00072++
Saline (0.5 ml/kg bw; 0.9% NaCl)	6.6±0.5++	13.8±2.1++	22.4±2.6++	27.6±3.2++	4.0±0.08++	0.040±0.00072++
KBrO3 (20 mg/kg bw)	3.4±0.3**	7.6±1.5**	10.2±1.6**	14.4±2.6**	4.9±0.60**	0.049±0.00125**
KBrO3+Rutin (50 mg/kg bw)	4.4±0.3*++	10.4±1.2*++	15.3±1.4*++	19.6±2.4++	4.50±0.12++	0.045±0.00079++
KBrO3+Rutin (70 mg/kg bw)	4.9±0.4++	12.6±1.4++	19.6±1.5++	23.4±3.2++	4.23±0.14++	0.042±0.0014++
Rutin alone (70 mg/kg bw)	6.2±0.4++	14.8±1.3++	22.7±1.6++	27.8±2.4++	4.12±0.06++	0.041±0.00049++

Mean ±SEM (n=6 number).

*, ** indicate significance from the control group at P<0.05 and P<0.01 probability level, respectively.

++ indicate significance from the KBrO₃ group at P<0.01 probability level.