Figure 5.

Effects of daily consumption of monosodium glutamate (MSG) for 8 weeks at the dose of 80, 160, and 320 mg/kg BW/day on renal vascular resistance (RVR, A), renal blood flow (RBF, B), glomerular filtration rate (GFR, C), osmolar clearance (C_osm, D), negative free water clearance (TCH₂O, E), urine flow rate ($\dot{\text{V}}$, F), urine osmolarity (U_osm, G), plasma osmolarity (P_osm, H), and hematocrit (I) in the sham operative (SO) and the 2-kidneys-1-clip (2K1C) groups. Data expressed as mean ± S.E.M. ∗p < 0.05 in comparison between groups.