Improvement in the Blood Urea Nitrogen and Serum Creatinine Using New Cultivation of Cordyceps militaris

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Body weight and biochemical plasma values in healthy (sham) and uremic mice, with and without C. militaris mycelia treatment at day 30. (a) The influence of increased body weight. Percent change in body weight was calculated using the equation (body weight of day 30–body weight of day 1)/body weight of day 1) × 100%; (b) the influence of BUN; (c) the influence of serum creatinine; (d) the influence of total protein; (e) the influence of uric acid. Partial nephrectomy ICR mice (weighing approximately 30 g each) were divided into four groups and treated with C. militaris mycelia (3 mg dried mycelia dissolved in 0.3 mL water) cultured in HKS, HKS + A, CM, or CM + A medium by oral gavage for 28 days, whereas the Nx control group received distilled water. Data were collected at the end of the experiment. All data are expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean.

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