Research Article

Hirudo Lyophilized Powder Ameliorates Renal Injury in Diabetic Rats by Suppressing Oxidative Stress and Inflammation

Table 2

Clinical parameters of different groups.

ParametersC groupDM groupSL groupSM groupSH group

KW/BW (g/100g)0.28 ± 0.040.59 ± 0.040.47 ± 0.09##0.41 ± 0.05##0.39 ± 0.04##
SCr (μmol/L)24.36 ± 2.7050.10 ± 4.1143.80 ± 5.89#38.03 ± 5.83##31.49 ± 5.90##
BUN (mmol/L)7.82 ± 0.8216.05 ± 0.7013.95 ± 1.77##12.05 ± 1.54##10.07 ± 1.35##
24 h-UTP (mg/d)5.76 ± 1.5442.44 ± 5.9334.79 ± 5.29##29.13 ± 4.96##25.83 ± 5.91##
CHO (mmol/L)2.72 ± 0.296.00 ± 0.755.48 ± 0.634.20 ± 0.51##3.54 ± 0.35##
TG (mmol/L)1.09 ± 0.083.72 ± 0.562.70 ± 0.19##2.07 ± 0.18##1.54 ± 0.25##

The SL, SM, and SH group rats were dosed by oral gavage once daily for 16 weeks with Hirudo lyophilized powder. The C and DM group rats were administered the same volume of vehicle used to prepare the test medications. Data are presented as means ± SD (n = 7 in DM and SL groups, n = 8 in the other groups).  < 0.01 vs. C group; # < 0.05 and ## < 0.01 vs. DM group.