Table 1: Various study groups and the drug dosages.

Groups Drug treatment Control Normal saline (1 mL/kg, intraperitoneal) Disease control Gentamicin (dissolved in isotonic saline) 80 mg/kg/day [11] intraperitoneal Test drug Ursolic acid 2 mg/kg/day per oral (administered for 3 days prior to and during treatment with gentamicin 80 mg/kg intraperitoneal) Test Drug Ursolic acid 5 mg/kg/day per oral (administered for 3 days prior to and during treatment with gentamicin 80 mg/kg intraperitoneal) Test Drug Ursolic acid 10 mg/kg/day per oral (administered for 3 days prior to and during treatment with gentamicin 80 mg/kg intraperitoneal)