Table 1.

Weights of body (BW), left kidney, right kidney, and heart of the 2-kidneys-1-clip (2K1C) hypertensive and the sham operation (SO) groups after daily administration of either distilled water (control) or monosodium glutamate (MSG) at the dose of 80, 160, and 320 mg/kg BW/day for 8 weeks.

Body/organ weight	SO				2K1C
	Control	MSG-80	MSG-160	MSG-320	Control	MSG-80	MSG-160	MSG-320
BW changes (g)	177 ± 6	196 ± 10	201 ± 11	182 ± 4	188 ± 14	201 ± 11	203 ± 11	200 ± 6
Left kidney (g% BW)	0.30 ± 0.01	0.30 ± 0.01	0.30 ± 0.02	0.29 ± 0.01	0.27 ± 0.01∗	0.26 ± 0.01∗	0.25 ± 0.01∗	0.26 ± 0.01∗
Right kidney (g% BW)	0.29 ± 0.01	0.30 ± 0.01	0.29 ± 0.01	0.28 ± 0.01	0.32 ± 0.01∗	0.32 ± 0.01∗	0.32 ± 0.01∗	0.32 ± 0.01∗
Cardiac mass (g% BW)	0.23 ± 0.01	0.24 ± 0.01	0.24 ± 0.01	0.24 ± 0.01	0.26 ± 0.01∗	0.27 ± 0.01∗	0.27 ± 0.01∗	0.26 ± 0.01∗

BW change = BW after MSG administration − BW before MSG administration.

The weight of each organ was represented as the relative organ weight (g% BW).

Data expressed as mean ± S.E.M. ∗p < 0.05 in comparison to SO control.