Mean ± SD Controlrats Hypertensive  Treated hypertensive Serum creatinine (mg\dl) 0.9 ± 0.1 2.08 ± 0.12 0.9 ± 0.07

A highly significant increase in creatinine levels (p< 0.02) was found in untreated hypertensive group in contrast to treated and control groups.

Table 3: Means ± SD of serum creatinine (mg/dl) in control, untreated hypertensive and treated hypertensive rats.