Table 1. Effects of meloxicam on body weight and biochemical indexes of the adenine induced renal failure in rats (n=10).

	Wight (g)	Ca (mmol/L)	Pi (mmol/L)	BUN (mmol/L)	Scr (umol/L)
Control group	387±49	2.43±0.06	1.22±0.24	5.60±0.48	70.11±9.60
Model group	169±20b	2.73±0.22b	4.35±1.88b	52.84±5.63b	227.48±38.21b
LP group	130±20b	2.70±0.26b	2.67±0.63b,c	52.74±3.82b	234.27±84.49b
HP group	136±17b	2.82±0.46a	2.88±0.35b,c	48.95±6.09b	178.96±31.37b,c
LT group	257±23b	2.72±0.09b	2.7±0.22b,c	27.44±4.19b,d	91.19±14.34b,d
HT group	200±22b	2.47±0.22c	2.59±0.29b,c	33.08±6.75b,d	119.53±41.95b,d

^ap<0.05 versus Control group ^bp<0.01 versus Control group

^cp<0.05 versus Model group ^dp<0.01 versus Model group

LP: low dose prevention, HP: high dose prevention, LT: low dose therapy, HT: high dose therapy