Brewers’ Rice: A By-Product from Rice Processing Provides Natural Hepatorenal Protection in Azoxymethane-Induced Oxidative Stress in Rats

Table 4

Scores of kidney damage after treatment with brewers’ rice in AOM-induced rats.

Groups	After 8 weeks of treatment
	Normal	AOM only	AOM + 10% (w/w) of brewers’ rice	AOM + 20% (w/w) of brewers’ rice	AOM + 40% (w/w) of brewers’ rice
Vacuolation and the degeneration of the tubules	0	0	0	0	0
Tubular dilatation and deposition of protein cast within the tubular lumina of the kidney	0	0	0	0	0
Degree of inflammation	0^b	0.67 ± 0.52^a	0^b	0^b	0^b
Degree of necrosis	0	0	0	0	0

Each value is expressed as mean ± SD (). Value in the same row with different superscript letter indicates significant difference by Tukey’s test ().