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Table 3 Effect of rutin (RT) and/or ascorbic acid (AA) on kidney weight in high-cholesterol diet (HCD) fed rats following 6 weeks of supplementation

From: Gender difference following high cholesterol diet induced renal injury and the protective role of rutin and ascorbic acid combination in Wistar albino rats

Treatment

(in rat chow)

Kidney (g)/100 g body weight

 

Male

Female

Control

0.75 ± 0.07

0.69 ± 0.05

RT (0.2%)

0.71 ± 0.06

0.70 ± 0.04

AA (0.4%)

0.76 ± 0.04

0.74 ± 0.08

RT (0.1%) + AA (0.2%)

0.78 ± 0.04

0.70 ± 0.04

HCD (1% cholesterol + 0.5% cholic acid)

0.72 ± 0.04

0.73 ± 0.16

RT (0.2%) + HCD

0.72 ± 0.03

0.68 ± 0.04

AA (0.4%) + HCD

0.74 ± 0.07

0.72 ± 0.10

RT (0.1%) + AA (0.2%) + HCD

0.75 ± 0.07

0.74 ± 0.08

  1. Data were expressed as Mean ± S.D and analyzed using one-way ANOVA followed by Student Newman-Keuls method as post hoc test. Six rats were used in each group
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Lipids in Health and Disease

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