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Table 3 Effect of Qur and/or Arg treatment on serum creatinine, urea, and uric acid levels in intoxicated rats with a low dose of n-ZnO particles

From: Role of quercetin and arginine in ameliorating nano zinc oxide-induced nephrotoxicity in rats

Parameters

Control

n-ZnO

Qur

Arg

Qur + Arg

Creatinine (mg/dl)

0.4 ± 0.075

0.53 ± 0.077

0.47 ± 0.078

0.44 ± 0.027

0.42 ± 0.069

Urea (mg/dl)

21.4 ± 4.88

32.3 ± 6.83 a

28.6 ± 5.47

27.9 ± 2.92

27.2 ± 4.21

Uric acid (mg/dl)

2.1 ± 0.55

2.51 ± 0.58

2.44 ± 0.78

2.23 ± 0.21

2.06 ± 0.54

  1. Data are presented as mean ± S.D. for 10 rats, a P ≤ 0.05 compared with normal group using ANOVA followed by Bonferroni as a post-ANOVA test.