Figure 3.
Effects of experimental drug A60+B(C2) 30 mg/kg on ischemic brain injury after permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion (pMCAO). Infarct volume was measured 24 h after pMCAO. DW and all drugs were administered just before pMCAO. (A) Individual infarct volume values for each group (n = 9–17 mice in each group). (B Upper) Representative photographs of infarcted brain slices from DW- and drug-treated mice. (B Lower) No significant difference in infarct volume was observed among groups. DW, distilled water; ASA, Aspirin®; A, Ethanol extract of Coptidis Rhizoma, Phellodendri Cortex, Scutellariae Radix, Gardeniae Fructus, and Rhei Rhizoma; B(C2), Ethanol extract of 2019 Chinese Salviae miltiorrhizae Radix and Notoginseng Radix. Data represent means ± standard deviation.