Table 2.
Effect of Baishouwu extract on liver weights of rats treated with diethylnitrosamine.
| Group | n | 6th week |
10th week |
20th week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relative | Relative | Relative | ||
| (/100 g b.w.) | (/100 g b.w.) | (/100 g b.w.) | ||
| Control group | 8 | 1.972 ± 0.221 | 2.388 ± 0.2424 | 2.515 ± 0.280 |
| Model group | 8 | 4.224 ± 0.663ΔΔ | 6.621 ± 1.25ΔΔ | 8.430 ± 0.773ΔΔ |
| Baishouwu-L | 8 | 3.707 ± 0.566 | 5.464 ± 0.74∗ | 6.612 ± 0.524∗∗ |
| Baishouwu-H | 8 | 3.405 ± 0.230∗∗ | 4.284 ± 0.332∗∗ | 4.568 ± 0.615∗∗ |
Relative liver weight = [Liver weight (g)/Body weight (b.w., g) ∗100]. Values are expressed as the mean ± SD. ΔΔP < 0.01 vs. control group, ∗P < 0.05 vs. model group, ∗∗P < 0.01 vs. model group.