Figure 6.

Effect of C. deserticola Y.C.Ma and C. tubulosa decoctions on serum hormone concentrations in hanging stressed mice. After adaptation, the experimental groups were administered with herb Cistanche decoction by gavage for 21 days and then suspended by tail for 5 min, each group was comprised of 10 mice, and the blood was harvested and used for determination of serum adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) and corticosterone (CORT) level. L, M, and H, respectively, represent low, medium, and high; CD and CT, respectively, represent C. deserticola Y.C.Ma and C. tubulosa decoction. n = 10; all the data were represented as mean ± SEM; P < 0.05 was considered as significantly different and was marked as “∗”.