Table 2.

Various plasma oxidative indexes in placebo and SWT treated healthy subjects

Group	TEAC (µM/mL)	p value*	TBARS (μM/L)	p value*	GSH (μM/L)	p value*
Baseline
Placebo	0.34 ± 0.07a	0.82	1.43 ± 0.47a	0.87	14.18 ± 2.30b	0.67
SWT	0.35 ± 0.07b		1.40 ± 0.44a		14.19 ± 2.48b
3rd month
Placebo	0.34 ± 0.04a	0.001	1.42 ± 0.43a	0.001	14.19 ± 2.79a	0.83
SWT	0.40 ± 0.07b		0.83 ± 0.28b		14.31 ± 2.72a
6th month
Placebo	0.35 ± 0.03a	0.001	1.45 ± 0.32a	0.001	14.16 ± 2.85a	0.88
SWT	0.59 ± 0.06a		0.68 ± 0.23c		14.35 ± 2.94b

Values were expressed as mean ± SD (n = 55). Data within the same column of each group bearing different superscript letters were significantly different (p < 0.05)

* Student’s t test was used to assess statistical significance between placebo and Si Wu Tang (SWT)