Table 1.

Changes in the serum parameters in the different experimental groups

Group parameters	Control	GEN-treated	GEN + NaHS–treated	GEN + NaHS + ZnPP–treated
Serum urea (mg%)	20.9 ± 1.48	76.8 ± 1.02 a	31.96 ± 0.54 ab	47 ± 1.19 abc
Serum creatinine (mg%)	0.19 ± 0.01	1.73 ± 0.02 a	0.61 ± 0.01 ab	0.87 ± 0.03 abc
Serum uric acid (mg%)	1.17 ± 0.12	7.14 ± 0.12 a	2.53 ± 0.1 ab	3.72 ± 0.05 abc

Data represent mean ± SEM of 8 rats

GEN gentamicin, NaHS sodium hydrosulfide, ZnPP zinc protoporphyrin IX

^aSignificantly different from the control group

^bSignificantly different from the GEN-treated group

^cSignificantly different from the GEN + NaHS–treated group (P ˂ 0.05)