Therapeutic Potential of Ginger against Renal Injury Induced by Carbon Tetrachloride in Rats

Table 1

Effect of petroleum ether, chloroform, ethanol extracts, and silymarin drug treatment on histopathological examination of rats kidney exposed to CCl₄.

Groups	Tubular cell swelling	Interstitial inflammation	Tubular dilatation	Necrosis of epithelium	Glomerular Hypercellularity
Control	—	—	—	—	—
CCL4	+++	+++	+++	+++	+++
CCl4 + ethanol extract	—	—	—	—	—
CCl4 + chloroform extract	+/–	+/–	—	—	+/–
CCl4 + petroleum-ether extract	+/–	++	+/–	+/–	+
CCl4 + sylimarin drug	—	—	—	—	—

Severity of renal histological changes using scores on a scale of none (–), mild (+), moderate (++), and severe (+++) damage.