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. 2012 Nov 29;12:239. doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-239

Table 4.

Impact of drug intervention on the animal daily behavior in alcohol fed-induced liver fibrotic rats (n = 7,x¯±s)

Index
Body weight (g)
Water drinking (mL per rat)
feeding (g per rat)
Group dose mg/kg n D35 D42 D49 D56 D35 D42 D49 D56 D35 D42 D49 D56
Normal

7
399 ± 24.8
391 ± 27.6
435 ± 15.4
440 ± 13.9
33.8 ± 8.84
48.1 ± 0.88
42.5 ± 8.84
44.1 ± 0.18
24.5 ± 2.81
30.6 ± 7.78
27.2 ± 2.83
28.5 ± 2.76
Model

7
296 ± 33.6△△
272 ± 30.1△△
293 ± 33.8△△
326 ± 49.4△△
39.3 ± 5.48
37.0 ± 8.31
37.4 ± 4.40
35.8 ± 15.8
21.8 ± 3.87
17.7 ± 6.74
16.3 ± 6.07
21.7 ± 5.34
Silymarin
150
7
321 ± 33.3
317 ± 47.9**
357 ± 45.4**
378 ± 43.1**
41.3 ± 17.7
49.2 ± 13.0*
55.3 ± 0.47**
56.0 ± 6.66*
24.2 ± 6.08
13.8 ± 8.22
23.4 ± 1.61
25.0 ± 0.08
Berberine
120
7
278 ± 27.1
281 ± 30.7
296 ± 31.3
304 ± 35.8
31.2 ± 5.07
42.5 ± 15.2
34.1 ± 2.79
29.8 ± 3.06
18.0 ± 6.28
14.6 ± 2.31
19.0 ± 6.15
18.1 ± 3.20
CRAE
600
7
287 ± 18.9
280 ± 28.3
303 ± 30.5
316 ± 42.8
36.6 ± 2.88
40.9 ± 7.1
33.4 ± 15.16
37.3 ± 15.8
21.6 ± 3.53
14.9 ± 4.33
16.6 ± 6.61
24.2 ± 18.98
Bear bile
200
7
279 ± 28.0
263 ± 28.3
279 ± 35.4
302 ± 44.8
29.6 ± 6.07
41.5 ± 12.4
31.4 ± 11.20
35.9 ± 11.0
18.6 ± 5.49
21.1 ± 13.6
17.2 ± 5.74
21.4 ± 4.96
TUDCA 20 7 308 ± 48.2 291 ± 56.7 324 ± 30.6 362 ± 30.5 32.5 ± 0.35 42.5 ± 15.9 40.5 ± 7.42 37.0 ± 4.24 19.8 ± 3.32 24.3 ± 11.8 22.3 ± 3.59 20.6 ± 1.31

p < 0.05 when compared with normal group; △△p < 0.01 when compared with normal group; *p < 0.05 when compared with model group; **p < 0.01 when compared with model group.