Figure 1.

Oral treatment with the herbal formula B307 (CHM) effectively alleviated thyroidectomy-induced body weight gain in rats who underwent thyroidectomy (TD). (a) Changes of average body weight over time. (b) Statistical comparison of quantified body weight among four groups rats of negative control (sham), positive control with B307 treatment only (CHM), thyroidectomy only (TD), and thyroidectomy with B307 posttreatment (TD + CHM). The body weight of TD rats was significantly lower than that of sham rats, whereas the body weight of TD + CHM rats was significantly higher than that of TD rats. The results are shown as mean ± SEM (^∗∗P < 0.01, N = 5 for each group, two-way ANOVA followed by Student–Newman–Keuls multiple comparison posttest).