Therapeutic Potential of Ginger against Renal Injury Induced by Carbon Tetrachloride in Rats
Figure 3
Effect of Zingiber officinale on prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and collagen percentage. Groups I: control, II: control treated with ethanol extract, III: control treated with chloroform extract, IV: control treated with petroleum ether extract, V: control treated with silymarin, V1: intoxicated with CCl4, VII: intoxicated with CCl4 and treated with ethanol extract, VIII: intoxicated with CCl4 and treated with chloroform extract, IX: intoxicated with CCl4 and treated with petroleum ether extract, and X: intoxicated with CCl4, treated with silymarin. Data of PGE2 are mean ± SD of six rats in each group. Collagen percentages are mean of ten fields of collagen deposition under light microscope (100x). Statistical analysis is carried out by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA); Costat Computer Program. Unshared letters are significance values between groups at .
