Samchulkunbi-Tang Alleviates Vascular Endothelial Disorder and Renal Dysfunction in Nitric Oxide-Deficient Hypertensive Rats

Table 3

Effect of SCT on renal function parameter changes in L-NAME-induced hypertension rats.

	Cont	L-NAME	OMT 10 (mg/kg/day)	SCT 100 (mg/kg/day)	SCT 200 (mg/kg/day)
Albumin (g/dl)	3.4 ± 0.05	3.02 ± 0.12	3.78 ± 0.1^###	3.35 ± 0.2^##	3.6 ± 0.2^##
BUN (mg/dl)	14.7 ± 0.9	51 ± 13.0	22.9 ± 4.2^##	34 ± 11.5^###	29.5 ± 15.5^##
Creatinine (mg/dl)	0.7 ± 0.05	1.21 ± 0.2	1.15 ± 0.14	0.95 ± 0.1^###	0.9 ± 0.1^###

SCT, Samchulkunbi-tang; CONT, control; L-NAME, L-NAME-treated 40 mg/kg/day; OMT, L-NAME + OMT 10 mg/kg/day; SCTL, L-NAME + SCT 100 mg/kg/day; SCTH, L-NAME + SCT 200 mg/kg/day. The data of values show mean ± S.E. (n = 8 per group). and vs. CONT; , and vs. L-NAME.