Table 9.

Semi-quantitative histological analysis on effect of drug intervention against liver fibrosis induced by CCl₄in rats(n = 7,$\overline{x}\pm s$)

Group	Hepatocyte death	Inflammatory cell infiltration	Fibrosis	Combined score
Normal	0.8 ± 0.3	0.3 ± 0.2	0.3 ± 0.2	0.5 ± 0.1
Model	5.6 ± 0.9△△	3.9 ± 0.4△△	3.3 ± 0.6△△	4.8 ± 0.7△△
Sylimarin	3.9 ± 0.2*	2.8 ± 0.6*	2.3 ± 0.6	3.0 ± 0.9*
Berberine	3.5 ± 0.4*	3.1 ± 0.4	2.0 ± 0.5*	3.0 ± 0.6*
CRAE	3.8 ± 0.4*	3.0 ± 0.3*	2.1 ± 0.4*	3.2 ± 0.5*
Bear Bile	3.1 ± 0.3**	2.7 ± 0.7*	2.4 ± 0.5	2.8 ± 0.5**
TUDCA	4.3 ± 0.7	3.5 ± 0.4	2.8 ± 0.2	4.1 ± 0.4

^△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.