Figure 1.

Treatment schedule. (a) Control rats or carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) – intoxicated rats were injected intraperitoneally with vehicle or CCl4 (1 ml/kg, CCl4/olive oil = 1:1, twice a week;) for 6 weeks; (b) ethanolic extract of Juglans sinensis (JSE3) were orally given to rats at a dose of 200 mg/kg, three times a week for 6 weeks to assess the toxicity of JSE3 (C) After 2 weeks of CCl4 intoxication, JSE3 (100 and 200 mg/kg) and silymarin (200 mg/kg) were orally given for additional 4 weeks; number o rats in each was 8 (n = 8)