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) |
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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.