Table 1.
Effects of five Chinese medicine decoctions on body weight, liver weight, spleen weight, liver/body, spleen/weight in DMN induced liver fibrosis of rats
| Group | Group size (n) | Body weight(g) | Liver weight (g) | Spleen weight (g) | Liver/body (%) | Spleen/body (‰) |
| 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) |
▲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).