Table 4.
Renal inflammatory cytokines parameters in normal rats (Group I), STZ-diabetic rats (Group II) and diabetic rats treated with three doses (50, 100 and 200 mg/kg) of strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) leaf extract (Groups III, IV and V, respectively)
| Parameters | Groups | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group I | Group II | Group III | Group IV | Group V | |
| TNF-α (ng/ml homogenate) | 35.37 ± 1.56§ | 64.69 ± 1.93* | 60.82 ± 0.46*† | 57.56 ± 1.66† | 42.13 ± 1.77‡ |
| IL-6 (pg/mg protein) | 19.72 ± 0.99¶ | 49.46 ± 1.32* | 43.28 ± 1.77† | 39.16 ± 0.79‡ | 34.13 ± 0.88§ |
All data expressed as mean ± SD for six rats.
*†‡§¶
Means superscripted with different letters are significantly different at (P < 0.05).