Renoprotective Effect of Egyptian Cape Gooseberry Fruit (Physalis peruviana L.) against Acute Renal Injury in Rats

Table 2

Effect of Physalis peruviana  L. extract on body weight, feed intake, and kidney relative weight in normal and cisplatin induced ARI rats.

	Initial Body weight (g)	Final body weight (g)	Feed intake (g/day/rat)	Kidney relative weight (%)
Normal control	180.0±4.7^a	205.7±6.7^c	12.63±2.1^b	0.73±0.02^a
PPE100	182.0±2.6^a	200.5±4.3^c	12.72±1.2^b	0.75±0.05^a
PPE150	180.0± 4.1^a	197.2±3.7^c	11.94±2.5^b	0.70±0.09^a
Cisplatin	181.0±3.9^a	168.6±4.4^a	7.12±1.9^a	1.32±0.19^c
PPE100 + cisplatin	183.0±2.0^a	178.3±3.6^b	10.51±2.2^b	0.93±0.07^c
PPE150 + cisplatin	183.0±1.7^a	180.5±4.1^b	10.93±1.8^b	0.85±0.08^b

Values are expressed as mean ± SD. Mean values within a column not sharing the same superscript letters were significantly different, 𝑃≤0.05.
PPE100 and PPE150: 100 and 150 mg Physalis peruviana  L. extract/Kg BW, respectively.