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

Table 6

Serum constituents at 50 days of administration.

Items	Normal	Control	(−)-Epigallocatechin 3-O-gallate
			25 mg/kg B.W./day	50 mg/kg B.W./day	100 mg/kg B.W./day
Glucose (mg/dL)	193 ± 9	592 ± 38^c	497 ± 22^c,e	487 ± 22^c,e	460 ± 19^c,e
Total protein (g/dL)	4.75 ± 0.11	4.21 ± 0.08^c	4.20 ± 0.10^c	4.37 ± 0.07^c,d	4.44 ± 0.06^c,e
Albumin (g/dL)	2.88 ± 0.04	2.38 ± 0.08^c	2.43 ± 0.06^c	2.56 ± 0.06^c,e	2.62 ± 0.05^c,e
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	46.4 ± 2.4	113.6 ± 12.7^c	102.3 ± 6.0^c	83.3 ± 6.4^c,e	77.7 ± 6.8^c,e
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	63.7 ± 6.3	143.1 ± 31.4^c	126.6 ± 15.7^a	120.9 ± 27.3^a	116.6 ± 26.3^a
TBA-reactive substance (nmol/mL)	1.56 ± 0.08	3.70 ± 0.39^c	2.48 ± 0.18^b,e	2.50 ± 0.34^b,e	2.16 ± 0.24^e

Significance: ^a𝑃<0.05, ^b𝑃<0.01, ^c𝑃<0.001 versus normal values; ^d𝑃<0.05, ^e𝑃<0.001 versus diabetic nephropathy control values.