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Table 3 Effects of oral administration of cadmium on levels of BUN and creatinine of rats fed synbiotic diets containing inulin, B. coagulans and L. plantarum at days 21 and 42 of treatments

From: Protective effects of synbiotic diets of Bacillus coagulans, Lactobacillus plantarum and inulin against acute cadmium toxicity in rats

Treatments

Creatinine (mg/dL)

BUN (mg/dL)

Day21

Day42

Day21

Day42

Control

0.72 ± 0.10aA

0.80 ± 0.03aA

18.38 ± 0.73aA

19.91 ± 0.70aA

Cd

1.20 ± 0.17bA

1.11 ± 0.20bA

23.59 ± 0.64bA

24.55 ± 0.50bA

ILp + Cd

0.95 ± 0.12cA

0.91 ± 0.05acA

19.44 ± 1.03aA

20.29 ± 0.42aA

IBc + Cd

0.99 ± 0.14cA

0.99 ± 0.05bcA

19.89 ± 0.34aA

20.67 ± 0.36aA

  1. Cd cadmium, ILp + Cd inulin, Lactobacillus plantarum and cadmium, IBc + Cd inulin, Bacillus coagulans and cadmium. Values are expressed as mean ± SD. The different small letters indicate statistically significant differences in columns (P < 0.05). The different capital letters indicate statistically significant differences between days in each parameter (P < 0.05).