Table 1.
Group | Body weight | Absolute kidney weight (g) | Relative kidney weight (g/100 g BW) | Food intake (g/ 100 g BW/day | Water intake (mL/rat/day) | ||
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Initial (g) | Final (g) | %Change | |||||
Control | 160.00 ± 0.87 | 170.00 ± 4.50 | 10.66 ± 0.47a | 1.47 ± 0.04a | 0.59 ± 0.06a | 13.17 ± 1.19a | 21.18 ± 4.09a |
Ar | 150.00 ± 4.34 | 144.00 ± 2.56 | 6.54 ± 0.42b | 1.34 ± 0.02b | 0.45 ± 0.07b | 8.20 ± 0.93b | 17.42 ± 1.48b |
SFN + Ar | 155.00 ± 1.45 | 165.00 ± 2.63 | 9.55 ± 0.57c | 1.58 ± 0.04c | 0.53 ± 0.05c | 10.65 ± 1.20c | 18.60 ± 1.68c |
SFN | 159.00 ± 2.19 | 172.00 ± 1.76 | 11.21 ± 0.49a | 1.92 ± 0.05a | 0.56 ± 0.07a | 12.83 ± 1.12d | 20.76 ± 1.76d |
Values are given as mean ± SD for eight rats in each group. a-d Values with different superscript letters (a–d) in the same column differ significantly at p < 0.05 (Duncan’s multiple range test)