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. 2014 Nov 7;2:46–55. doi: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2014.11.003

Table 2.

Effect of hesperidin on the levels renal functional markers in control and experimental rats.

Groups Control Normal + HDN (80 mg/kg) Normal + Fe (30 mg/kg) Fe (30 mg/kg) + HDN (20 mg/kg) Fe (30 mg/kg) + HDN (40 mg/kg) Fe (30 mg/kg) + HDN (80 mg/kg)
Urea in serum (mg/dl) 36.64 ± 2.52a 35.56 ± 2.45a 63.41 ± 5.33b 57.72 ± 4.76c 51.21 ± 4.89d 43.54 ± 3.96e
Creatinine in serum (mg/dl) 0.46 ± 0.05a 0.45 ± 0.05a 0.92 ± 0.09b 0.84 ± 0.06c 0.76 ± 0.04d 0.55 ± 0.05e
Creatinine clearance (ml/min) 0.29 ± 0.05a 0.29 ± 0.05a 0.10 ± 0.03b 0.14 ± 0.03c 0.20 ± 0.04d 0.23 ± 0.04e
Hemoglobin (g/dl blood) 10.90 ± 0.71a 11.18 ± 0.93a 6.60 ± 0.63b 7.70 ± 0.50c 8.61 ± 0.58d 10.74 ± 0.65e

Values are mean ± SD for 6 rats in each group. Values are not sharing a common superscript letter (a, b, c, d and e) differ significantly at p < 0.05 (DMRT). HDN—hesperidin; Fe—ferrous sulfate.