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Effects of five Chinese medicine decoctions on body weight, liver weight, spleen weight, liver/body, spleen/weight in DMN induced liver fibrosis of rats |
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| Group |
Group size (n) |
Body weight(g) |
Liver weight (g) |
Spleen weight (g) |
Liver/body (%) |
Spleen/body (‰) |
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| 2-week control |
3 |
226.0 (2.64)▲△△ |
7.80 (0.26)△△ |
0.66 (0.07)▲▲△△ |
3.45 (0.12)▲△△ |
2.90 (0.28)▲▲△△ |
| 2-week DMN |
6 |
175.8 (6.11) |
7.02 (0.32)▲ |
1.02 (0.12)▲▲ |
3.99 (0.09)▲▲ |
5.80 (0.58)▲ |
| 4-week control |
7 |
287.0 (8.98)▲▲△△ |
10.03 (0.49)▲▲△ |
0.76 (0.05)▲▲△△ |
3.49 (0.08)▲▲△△ |
2.64 (0.17)▲▲△△ |
| DMN + water |
12 |
204.2 (20.22) |
5.69 (1.78)△ |
1.43 (0. 22)△△ |
2.73 (0.61)△△ |
7.27 (0.35)△ |
| DMN + YCHT |
12 |
197.27 (22.10) |
5.91 (1.95) |
1.49 (0.25) |
2.93 (0.74) |
7.54 (0.68) |
| DMN + XYXT |
12 |
208.33 (15.11) |
5.22 (1.42) |
1.60 (0.21) |
2.48 (0.54) |
7.67 (0.66) |
| DMN + HQT |
12 |
212.00 (20.20) |
5.52 (1.70) |
1.57 (0.20) |
2.58 (0.72) |
7.44 (0.87) |
| DMN + YGJ |
12 |
193.17 (24.41) |
4.50 (1.57) |
1.29 (0.21)▲ |
2.28 (0.59) |
6.65 (0.67) |
| DMN + XCHT |
10 |
216.70 (17.08) |
5.22 (1.16) |
1.55 (0.15) |
2.40 (0.42) |
7.17 (0.72) |
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▲P < 0.05 ▲▲P < 0.01 (vs DMN+ water) △P < 0.05 △△P < 0.01 (vs 2-week DMN) YCHT: Yinchenhao Tang XYXT: Xiayuxue Tang HQT:Huangqi Tang YGJ: Yiguang Jian XCHT: Xiaochaihu Tang Results are expressed as mean (SD). | ||||||
Liu et al. Chinese Medicine 2008 3:1 doi:10.1186/1749-8546-3-1 |
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