Table 2 Biochemical data of all groups.

From: Amelioration of diabetic nephropathy in db/db mice treated with tibetan medicine formula Siwei Jianghuang Decoction Powder extract

Groups

db/m

db/db

Metformin (0.196 g/kg)

SWJH (0.978 g/kg)

SWJH (1.957 g/kg)

SWJH (3.914 g/kg)

Berberine (0.157 g/kg)

Body weight (g)

25.2 ± 1.00**

60.7 ± 3.50

58.9 ± 5.70

57.6 ± 2.43

53.3 ± 2.10**

56.0 ± 2.80*

56.5 ± 3.00*

Left kidney weight (g)

0.17 ± 0.01**

0.22 ± 0.01

0.18 ± 0.02**

0.18 ± 0.03*

0.18 ± 0.01**

0.18 ± 0.02**

0.18 ± 0.01**

FBG (mmol/L)

6.0 ± 0.60**

26.5 ± 1.90

17.9 ± 3.10**

23.9 ± 4.00

18.9 ± 5.80*

17.2 ± 7.90*

17 ± 2.10**

BUN (mmol/L)

4.6 ± 0.40**

7.4 ± 1.1

6.1 ± 0.7*

5.1 ± 0.4**

4.6 ± 1.1**

5.0 ± 0.7**

4.7 ± 0.7**

UAE (mg/day)

0.64 ± 0.04**

5.04 ± 1.26

1.40 ± 0.73**

1.69 ± 0.67**

1.14 ± 0.45**

0.78 ± 0.12**

0.60 ± 0.33**

UMAlb (µg/day)

9.5 ± 1.7**

63.6 ± 25.4

28.6 ± 16.7*

20.9 ± 9.3**

33.1 ± 20.4*

18.8 ± 9.8**

16.9 ± 3.8**

Scr (µmol/L)

63.0 ± 5.9**

147.8 ± 14.2

119.1 ± 5.0**

124.4 ± 20.0*

115.2 ± 7.6**

118.9 ± 17.3*

64.3 ± 14.8**

UA(µmol/L)

66.3 ± 13.1**

152.6 ± 41.1

75.9 ± 14.7**

73.7 ± 31.6**

101.2 ± 24.7*

109.3 ± 43.9

96.6 ± 15.7*

TGF-β1 (×1000 pg/ml)

6.2 ± 3.0**

16.6 ± 5.8

6.5 ± 3.0**

4.7 ± 0.9**

5.4 ± 0.8**

7.8 ± 3.0*

5.3 ± 1.1**

VEGF (pg/ml)

184.5 ± 17.2*

205.7 ± 5.9

212.0 ± 22.8

179.2 ± 28.8

224.7 ± 25.7

197.1 ± 34.1

188.1 ± 17.3*

  1. Data expressed as mean ± SD, *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 compared with db/db group (n = 6).