Antioxidant Bioactivity of Samsum Ant (Pachycondyla sennaarensis) Venom Protects against CCL₄-Induced Nephrotoxicity in Mice

Table 1

Histological score of the pathological changes in the renal tissues in mice treated just with CCL₄ and those treated with CCL₄ and different doses of SAV.

Histopathological lesions	Oedematous glomeruli	Haemorrhage	Infiltration of inflammatory cells	Hyaline casts	Disintegrated nucleus
Control	−	−	−	−	−
CCl4-mice	+++	+++	+++	+++	+++
100 µg/kg SAV + CCl4	−	−	+	−	−
200 µg/kg SAV + CCl4	−	−	+	−	−
300 µg/kg SAV + CCl4	−	+	+	−	+
400 µg/kg SAV + CCl4	+	+	+	−	+

−: a lack of structural changes; +: slight structural changes; ++: moderate structural changes; +++: severe structural changes.