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Table 1 Effects of five Chinese medicine decoctions on body weight, liver weight, spleen weight, liver/body, spleen/weight in DMN induced liver fibrosis of rats

From: Effects of Yinchenhao Tang and related decoctions on DMN-induced cirrhosis/fibrosis in rats

Group

Group size (n)

Body weight(g)

Liver weight (g)

Spleen weight (g)

Liver/body (%)

Spleen/body (‰)

2-week control

3

226.0 (2.64)

7.80 (0.26)

0.66 (0.07)▲▲

3.45 (0.12)

2.90 (0.28)▲▲

2-week DMN

6

175.8 (6.11)

7.02 (0.32)

1.02 (0.12)▲▲

3.99 (0.09)▲▲

5.80 (0.58)

4-week control

7

287.0 (8.98)▲▲

10.03 (0.49)▲▲

0.76 (0.05)▲▲

3.49 (0.08)▲▲

2.64 (0.17)▲▲

DMN + water

12

204.2 (20.22)

5.69 (1.78)

1.43 (0. 22)

2.73 (0.61)

7.27 (0.35)

DMN + YCHT

12

197.27 (22.10)

5.91 (1.95)

1.49 (0.25)

2.93 (0.74)

7.54 (0.68)

DMN + XYXT

12

208.33 (15.11)

5.22 (1.42)

1.60 (0.21)

2.48 (0.54)

7.67 (0.66)

DMN + HQT

12

212.00 (20.20)

5.52 (1.70)

1.57 (0.20)

2.58 (0.72)

7.44 (0.87)

DMN + YGJ

12

193.17 (24.41)

4.50 (1.57)

1.29 (0.21)

2.28 (0.59)

6.65 (0.67)

DMN + XCHT

10

216.70 (17.08)

5.22 (1.16)

1.55 (0.15)

2.40 (0.42)

7.17 (0.72)

  1. P < 0.05 ▲▲P < 0.01 (vs DMN+ water)
  2. P < 0.05 P < 0.01 (vs 2-week DMN)
  3. YCHT: Yinchenhao Tang
  4. XYXT: Xiayuxue Tang
  5. HQT:Huangqi Tang
  6. YGJ: Yiguang Jian
  7. XCHT: Xiaochaihu Tang
  8. Results are expressed as mean (SD).