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. 2014 Aug 3;2014:578103. doi: 10.1155/2014/578103

Table 2.

Effect of the test samples on the urine parameters.

Groups Unit Statistical mean ± S.E.M.
Vehicle NaOx Hexane extract EtOAc extract MeOH extract LJVO LCJVO Cystone
Creatinine mg/dL 2.27 ± 0.09 4.25 ± 0.17 4.16 ± 0.09 3.97 ± 0.09 3.45 ± 0.27 2.95 ± 0.24∗ 2.25 ± 0.19∗ 1.39 ± 0.10∗∗
Urea nitrogen mg/dL 18.42 ± 1.75 25.75 ± 0.98 28.59 ± 1.53 18.98 ± 1.43 21.14 ± 0.96 14.32 ± 1.17 13.23 ± 0.93∗ 11.17 ± 0.84∗
Uric acid mg/dL 0.37 ± 0.83 2.97 ± 0.56 2.95 ± 0.97 2.55 ± 1.16 2.06 ± 1.03 1.96 ± 0.95 1.79 ± 0.81 1.63 ± 0.75
Sodium mEq/L 108.25 ± 3.76 128.51 ± 2.59 111.67 ± 2.09 100.25 ± 3.27 125.75 ± 2.19 107.12 ± 3.22 80.47 ± 4.56∗∗ 73.85 ± 2.05∗∗∗
Potassium mEq/L 72.54 ± 2.12 106.1 ± 2.76 126.3 ± 1.86 89.96 ± 2.36 97.71 ± 3.51 92.55 ± 3.02 88.20 ± 2.54 68.41 ± 1.92∗
Chloride mEq/L 85.79 ± 2.66 149.15 ± 2.77 99.63 ± 2.81 116.25 ± 3.59 108.55 ± 3.27 96.43 ± 2.54 91.02 ± 1.69 82.45 ± 1.60
Calcium mg/dL 4.88 ± 0.36 10.20 ± 0.21 8.61 ± 0.48 5.65 ± 0.55 5.82 ± 0.59 4.92 ± 0.29 5.02 ± 0.22 4.56 ± 0.18
Microalbumin mg/L 2.41 ± 0.08 7.54 ± 0.07 2.55 ± 0.15 6.10 ± 0.36 4.99 ± 0.84 1.37 ± 0.23 1.02 ± 0.20∗ 0.78 ± 0.18∗∗
Oxalate mg/dL 1.54 ± 0.11 2.15 ± 0.74 1.99 ± 0.25 1.77 ± 0.21 1.02 ± 0.18 0.69 ± 0.10∗∗ 0.61 ± 0.09∗∗ 0.59 ± 0.03∗∗∗
Magnesium mg/L 0.16 ± 0.05 0.09 ± 0.02 0.08 ± 0.06 0.11 ± 0.08 0.15 ± 0.10 0.10 ± 0.04 0.16 ± 0.07 0.15 ± 0.02
Volume of urine mL 7.66 ± 1.15 11.75 ± 1.21 12.00 ± 1.85 8.00 ± 1.56 18.00 ± 1.44∗ 25.21 ± 0.19∗∗ 24.00 ± 1.28∗∗ 19.56 ± 1.53∗
pH of urine 7.93 ± 0.14 9.00 ± 0.35 9.00 ± 0.31 8.75 ± 0.39 9.00 ± 0.27 7.92 ± 0.42 7.66 ± 0.42 7.25 ± 0.35
Kidney weight g 1.22 ± 0.09 2.20 ± 0.05 1.92 ± 0.10 1.93 ± 0.08 1.95 ± 0.09 1.91 ± 0.06 1.89 ± 0.07 1.87 ± 0.08

S.E.M.: standard error of the mean; *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001; test groups were compared to the vehicle.