Nephroprotective Action of Phoenix dactylifera. in Gentamicin-Induced Nephrotoxicity

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Table 1 Effect of date flesh and pits aqueous extracts before and after treatments on gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity changes in creatinine and urea in plasma of rats (n = 6).

Treatment	Body weight (g)	Change in weight (%)	Kidney weight (g)	Kidney weight (% body weight)	Creatinine concentration (mg/dL)	Urea concentration (mg/dL)
Group 1 Olive oil (5 mL/kg) + saline (2 mL/kg)	426.7 ± 0.87^b.	0.07	2.98 ± 0.02^a.	0.70 ± 0.01	0.53 ± 0.016^b.	21.03 ± 0.97 ^b.
Group 2 Olive oil (5 mL/kg) + gentamicin (80 mg/kg)	406.0 ± 4.34^c.	0.05	2.95 ± 0.02^a.	0.71 ± 0.02	1.23 ± 0.057 ^a.	58.60 ± 2.24 ^a.
Group 3 Palm flesh (28 days)	452.17 ± 3.84^a.		2.96 ± 0.02^a.		0.53 ± 0.016 ^b.	21.98 ± 1.65 ^b.
Group 4 Palm flesh (6 days)	456.33 ± 3.30^a.		2.93 ± 0.01^a.		0.59 ± 0.03^b.	22.32 ± 1.62^b.
Group 5 Palm pits (28 days)	426.17 ± 2.02^b.		2.98 ± 0.03^a.		0.56 ± 0.012^b.	23.16 ± 0.84 ^b.
Group 6 Palm pits (6 days)	424.00 ± 0.01^b.		2.97 ± 0.02^a.		0.63 ± 0.04^b.	23.83 ± 0.91^b.

Means having different superscripts are significantly different at p < 0.01.