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The antihyperuricemic and nephroprotective effect of RA-3 was investigated using the adenine and gentamicin induced hyperuricemic and nephrotoxicity rat model. Following the induction of hyperuricemia and nephrotoxicity, the experimental model rats (Sprague Dawley) were orally administered with RA-3 at 50 and 100 mg\/kg body weight, respectively, daily for 14 days. Treatment of the experimental rats with RA-3, especially at 100 mg\/kg, effectively lowered the serum renal dysfunction (blood urea nitrogen and creatinine) and hyperuricemic (uric acid and xanthine oxidase) biomarkers. These were accompanied by increased antioxidant status with decrease in malondialdehyde content. A much improved histomorphological structure of the kidney tissues was also observed in the triterpene treated groups when compared to the model control group. It is evident that RA-3 possesses the antihyperuricemic and nephroprotective properties, which could be vital for prevention and amelioration of kidney disease.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules25174010","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,9,2]],"date-time":"2020-09-02T11:07:14Z","timestamp":1599044834000},"page":"4010","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["A Lanosteryl Triterpene (RA-3) Exhibits Antihyperuricemic and Nephroprotective Effects in Rats"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"25","author":[{"given":"Nomadlozi Blessings","family":"Hlophe","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa 3886, South Africa"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andrew Rowland","family":"Opoku","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa 3886, South Africa"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Foluso Oluwagbemiga","family":"Osunsanmi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Agriculture, University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa 3886, South Africa"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Trayana Georgieva","family":"Djarova-Daniels","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa 3886, South Africa"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5968-4190","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Oladipupo Adejumobi","family":"Lawal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Products Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, Lagos State University, 102101 Lagos, Nigeria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7189-2822","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rebamang Anthony","family":"Mosa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Division of Biochemistry, University of Pretoria, Hatfield 0028, South Africa"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,9,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1459","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(16)31012-1","article-title":"Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980\u20132015: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015","volume":"388","author":"Wang","year":"2016","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Gong, Q., He, L.L., Wang, M.L., Ouyang, H., Gao, H.W., Feng, Y.L., Yang, S.L., Du, L.J., Li, J., and Luo, Y.Y. 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