Figure 1.

Effects of EESF supplementation on body weight changes in mice with NTX-induced muscle atrophy. Body weights of each mouse were measured from the day of NTX to sacrifice as described in Section 2. Values are expressed as mean ± S.D. of 10 mice (EESF, Schisandrae Fructus ethanol extract; NTX, Sciatic neurectomy). Day −1 means 1 day before the start of administration, at 13 days after NTX surgery. Zero means at the start of administration, at 14 days after NTX. Twenty-eight means 28 days after the start of administration, at sacrifice. All animals were fasted overnight before NTX, first administration, and sacrifice (arrows). ^a p < 0.05 as compared with NTX control mice by the LSD test.