Table 4.

Effect of Matrine salvianolic acid B salt on GSH, MDA and SOD in rats

Treatment	Doses (mg/kg)	GSH (mg/gprotein)	MDA (nmol/mgprotein)	SOD (U/mg protein)
Normal control	——	3.00 ± 0.14	1.03 ± 0.22	262.95 ± 30.43
CCl4	——	1.85 ± 0.28##	3.00 ± 0.45##	151.95 ± 20.25##
Matrine + CCl4	50	2.36 ± 0.53**	2.52 ± 0.87	151.74 ± 11.44
Salvianolic acid B + CCl4	150	2.16 ± 0.65	2.12 ± 0.43**	159.85 ± 22.28
	25	2.28 ± 0.59*	2.58 ± 0.62	169.94 ± 25.16
Matrine salvianolic acid B Salt + CCl4	50	2.48 ± 0.33**	2.11 ± 0.31**	184.65 ± 24.90**ab
	100	2.63 ± 0.29**b	1.79 ± 0.43**a	191.71 ± 48.32**ac
Fu fang bie jia ruan gan pian + CCl4	780	2.52 ± 0.32**	1.76 ± 0.76**	171.39 ± 28.90

Data is expressed as the mean±SD (n = 12).

^##p < 0.01 vs. the normal control group; ^*p < 0.05, ^**p < 0.01 vs. the CCl₄-treated group;

^ap < 0.01 vs. the Matrine group; ^bp < 0.05, ^cp < 0.01 vs. the Salvianolic acid B group.