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. 2014 Feb 20;14:66. doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-66

Table 6.

Effects of khat extract and gentamicin co-administration on body weight change and normalized kidney weight

Groups Body weight change (gm) Kidney weight (gm)/100 g body weight
GEN
 -10.36 ± 0.57
 0.89 ± 0.01
GK100
 -10.85 ± 0.86
 0.89 ± 0.02
GK200
 -11.75 ± 0.84
 0.90 ± 0.01
GK400 -15.13 ± 1.37 a3 1.00 ± 0.02 a2

Values are mean ± SEM. n = 8; acompared to GEN. 1p < 0.05; 2p < 0.01; 3p < 0.001. (GEN: gentamicin 100 mg/kg; GK100: gentamicin 100 mg/kg + Khat 100 mg/kg; GK200: gentamicin 100 mg/kg + Khat 200 mg/kg; GK400: gentamicin 100 mg/kg + Khat 400 mg/kg).