Propolis Prevents Hepatorenal Injury Induced by Chronic Exposure to Carbon Tetrachloride

Table 3

Effect of propolis on hepatorenal biochemical assay against carbon tetrachloride intoxication. (Values are mean ± SE from six rats in each group.)

Groups	Total protein contents		Glycogen contents		Triglycerides
	(mg/100 mg)		(mg/100 g)		(mg/100 mg)
	Hepatic	Renal	Hepatic	Renal	Hepatic	Renal
Control	15.7 ± 0.86	15.1 ± 0.83	2700 ± 149	84.0 ± 4.64	3.20 ± 0.17	2.95 ± 0.16
CCl4	12.3 ± 0.67^#	13.1 ± 0.72^#	984 ± 54.3^#	51.1 ± 2.81^#	8.30 ± 0.45^#	6.78 ± 0.37^#
CCl4 + Propolis	15.3 ± 0.84*	14.1 ± 0.77*	2128 ± 117*	79.0 ± 4.36*	3.80 ± 0.21*	3.37 ± 0.18*
% Protection	88.2%	50.0%	66.6%	84.8%	88.2%	89.1%
CCl4 + Silymarin	15.4 ± 0.85*	14.3 ± 0.79*	2240 ± 123*	81.0 ± 4.47*	3.60 ± 0.19*	3.58 ± 0.19*
% Protection	91.1%	60.0%	73.1%	90.9%	92.2%	83.5%
F Variance	4.58^†	1.32	46.9^†	163^†	84.6^†	61.6^†

𝑃 value CCl₄ versus control at #≤0.05; therapy versus CCl₄ at ∗≤0.05; ^†significant for analysis of variance 𝑃≤0.05.