Table 3.
Assessments of degeneration, necrotic changes graded as none, mild, moderate, severe, and extremely severe by light microscopy of kidney sections at 40× magnification in 10 randomly selected areas
| Group | Degeneration | Necrosis | Inflammatory cell | Biliary hiperplasia |
| Liver | ||||
| I | 0.00±0.00b | 0.00±0.00b | 0.00±0.00c | 0.00±0.00c |
| II | 0.83±0.31b | 0.00±0.00b | 0.00±0.00c | 0.00±0.00c |
| III | 2.33±0.21c | 1.17±0.31c | 1.17±0.31c | 1.50±0.43b |
| IV | 3.67±0.21a | 2.50±0.22a | 2.50±0.22a | 2.67±0.21a |
| V | 1.83±0.17bc | 0.83±0.17bc | 0.33±0.21b | 1.17±0.31b |
| VI | 3.00±0.26ab | 1.83±0.17ab | 1.83±0.17ab | 1.83±0.31ab |
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| P | *** | *** | *** | *** |
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| Kidney | ||||
| I | 0.00±0.00c | 0.00±0.00c | 0.00±0.00c | |
| II | 0.50±0.22c | 0.00±0.00c | 0.00±0.00c | |
| III | 2.50±0.22b | 1.00±0.37b | 0.83±0.31bc | |
| IV | 4.00±0.00a | 3.17±0.17a | 2.00±0.26a | |
| V | 2.00±0.00b | 1.17±0.17b | 0.50±0.22c | |
| VI | 3.33±0.21a | 2.33±0.21a | 1.67±0.21ab | |
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| P | *** | *** | *** | |
Group I: control group; Group II: HPE1-administered group; Group III: HPE2-administered group; Group IV: gentamicin-administered group; Group V: gentamicin-plus-HPE1-treated group; Group VI: gentamicin-plus-HPE2-treated group. Data are expressed as mean±SEM (n=6). Values with different superscripts within one column differ significantly.
P<0.001