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. 2020 Sep 23;12(10):2904. doi: 10.3390/nu12102904

Table 3.

Effect of quinoa extracts on the relative weight of livers and kidneys of rats with CCl4-induced oxidative stress (mean ± SE), n = 6.

Groups Liver Relative Weight (%) Kidney Relative Weight (%)
NR 2.83 ± 0.18 b 0.68 ± 0.04 a
CCl4-R 3.47 ± 0.09 a 0.71 ± 0.05 a
CCl4-R + Si-Vit E 2.89 ± 0.12 b 0.69 ± 0.02 a
CCl4-R + YQS 2.85 ± 0.08 b 0.63 ± 0.01 ab
CCl4-R + RQS 2.76 ± 0.03 b 0.61 ± 0.01 b

NR: received an intraperitoneal injection of fresh olive oil; CCl4-R: received an intraperitoneal injection of a freshmixture of equal volumes of CCl4 and olive oil; RQS: Red quinoa sprouts; YQS; Yellow quinoa sprouts. a and b: The values with the same superscript letter are not significantly different at p < 0.05.