Green Tea Polyphenols for the Protection against Renal Damage Caused by Oxidative Stress

Table 5

Effect of (−)-epicatechin 3-O-gallate and free radical inhibitors on plasma uric acid level in rats.

Group	Uric acid (mg/dL)
Sham operation	1.53 ± 0.18
LPS plus ischemia-reperfusion
Control	1.95 ± 0.03^a
(−)-Epicatechin 3-O-gallate (10 mg/kg B.W.)	1.64 ± 0.24
(−)-Epicatechin 3-O-gallate (20 mg/kg B.W.)	1.12 ± 0.11^c
Ebselen (5 mg/kg B.W.)	2.15 ± 0.37^b
Uric acid (62.5 mg/kg B.W.)	1.96 ± 0.35
SOD (10,000 U/kg B.W.)	2.09 ± 0.09^a
L-𝑁^6-(1-iminoethyl)lysine hydrochloride (3 mg/kg B.W.)	1.57 ± 0.25

Significance: ^a𝑃<0.05, ^b𝑃<0.01 versus sham operation values; ^c𝑃<0.001 versus LPS plus ischemia-reperfused control values.