. 2019 Dec 10;21:100718. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2019.100718

Table 2.

Xanthones significantly reduced relative kidney weight but failed to reduced aggregated PbAc from the body.

Groups	Body weight (g)	Kidney weight (g)	Ratio (%)	Blood Pb (μg/dL)	Kidney Pb (μg/g protein)
Untreated control	41.742 ± 0.80	0.33 ± 0.01	0.80 ± 0.03	1.65 ± 0.11	1.83 ± 0.19
Pb (1% in drinking water)	39.96 ± 1.24^a	0.43 ± 0.01^a	1.09 ± 0.05^a	62.35 ± 3.92^a	49.97 ± 4.32^a
xanthones (200 mg/kgBW)	43.27 ± 0.86	0.41 ± 0.01	0.95 ± 0.01	1.69 ± 0.08	1.37 ± 0.26
Pb + xanthones (100 mg/kgBW)	38.11 ± 0.98^b	0.34 ± 0.02^b	0.90 ± 0.04^b	59.12 ± 3.59^a	48.45 ± 3.14^a
Pb + xanthones (200 mg/kgBW)	39.14 ± 0.98^b	0.33 ± 0.02^b	0.85 ± 0.06^b	58.96 ± 4.25^a	46.50 ± 2.96^a
Pb + Vit E (100 mg/kgBW)	37.22 ± 1.00^b	0.37 ± 0.01^b	1.00 ± 0.06	60.89 ± 2.45^a	48.90 ± 2.18^a
Vehicle control	42.60 ± 0.80	0.32 ± 0.01^b	0.77 ± 0.04^b	1.69 ± 0.21^b	1.56 ± 0.11^b

Values are means ± SEM (n = 6). ^aSignificant difference at p < 0.05 compared with untreated control group. ^bSignificant difference at p < 0.05 compared with Pb-treated only.