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Nephroprotective Effects of Carvedilol and Sodium Copper Chlorophyllin in Glycerol-Induced Acute Kidney Injury in Female Rats

Paper D Peer reviewed Preclinical

Key takeaways

Researchers gave female rats carvedilol, a blood pressure drug, and sodium copper chlorophyllin, a chlorophyll-based compound, before causing sudden kidney injury with glycerol. Both treatments appeared to protect the rats' kidneys from that damage. This was done in animals, not people. Sudden kidney injury in rats is also not the same as slow kidney disease in humans, so this is an early lead only.

Who did this work

Shahad Ali Naeem (University of Basrah) · Asia Selman Abdullah (University of Basrah)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, Kidney disease concept sweep (verified C2778653478) · 2026-09-10
https://doi.org/10.70517/revcc272512