Green Tea Polyphenols for the Protection against Renal Damage Caused by Oxidative Stress

Table 1

Effect of (−)-epicatechin 3-O-gallate and free radical inhibitors on plasma NO and O₂⁻ radicals in rats.

Group	NO (𝜇M)	O2^− (O.D.)
Sham operation	1.71 ± 0.18	0.315 ± 0.013
LPS plus ischemia-reperfusion
Control	15.33 ± 0.72^b	0.371 ± 0.011^a
(−)-Epicatechin 3-O-gallate (10 mg/kg B.W.)	15.02 ± 1.15^b	0.377 ± 0.019^b
(−)-Epicatechin 3-O-gallate (20 mg/kg B.W.)	14.24 ± 0.33^b	0.401 ± 0.008^b
Ebselen (5 mg/kg B.W.)	15.98 ± 1.35^b	0.345 ± 0.007
Uric acid (62.5 mg/kg B.W.)	15.08 ± 1.15^b	0.360 ± 0.026^a
SOD (10,000 U/kg B.W.)	19.04 ± 1.72^b,d	0.336 ± 0.016^c
L-𝑁^6-(1-iminoethyl)lysine hydrochloride (3 mg/kg B.W.)	3.39 ± 0.25^e	0.363 ± 0.022^a

Significance: ^a𝑃<0.01, ^b𝑃<0.001 versus sham operation values; ^c𝑃<0.05, ^d𝑃<0.01, ^e𝑃<0.001 versus LPS plus ischemia-reperfused control values.