The Antidiabetic Effect of Low Doses of Moringa oleifera Lam. Seeds on Streptozotocin Induced Diabetes and Diabetic Nephropathy in Male Rats
Table 4
Effect of treating diabetic rats with Moringa seeds powder for 4 weeks on kidney functions and serum electrolytes.
Parameters mg/dL
Statistics
G1 −ve control
G2 +ve control
G3 50 mg Moringa
G4 100 mg Moringa
Blood urea nitrogen mg/dL
Mean ± SE LSD 0.05 = 4.479
23.83 ± 1.13a
68.33 ± 1.40d
52.50 ± 1.60b
34.16 ± 1.04c
-test
−20.4
7.4
14.3
Creatinine mg/dL
Mean ± SE LSD 0.05 = 0.264
0.65 ± 0.04a
2.78 ± 0.15d
2.08 ± 0.06b
1.53 ± 0.04c
-test
−13.4
4.1
7.8
Uric acid mg/dL
Mean ± SE LSD 0.05 = 0.196
3.33 ± 0.06c
6.20 ± 0.10a
4.35 ± 0.04b
4.16 ± 0.04b
-test
−26.4
—
25.7
16.1
Sodium mmol/L
Mean ± SE LSD 0.05 = 2.402
121.83 ± 0.65a
141.00 ± 0.81d
128.00 ± 0.68c
136.17 ± 0.70b
-test
18.9
−5.0
−13.5
Potassium mmol/L
Mean ± SE LSD 0.05 = 0.158
3.40 ± 0.03a
4.76 ± 0.05d
3.80 ± 0.05c
4.18 ± 0.06b
-test
14.8
−4.6
−11.1
Data are represented as mean ± SE. -test values; < 0.001. ANOVA analysis: within each row, means with different superscript (a, b, c, or d) are significantly different at < 0.05, whereas means superscripts with the same letters mean that there is no significant difference at < 0.05. LSD: least significant difference.