Underlying Mechanism of Aconitum Lizhong Acting on Experimental Hypothermia with Indigestion in Rats: Role of Ghrelin

Table 6

Ghrelin secretion in rats with IBA removed (mean ± SD).

Groups	Plasma level	Stomach level	IHC level	mRNA level	Protein level
	(pg/mL, 𝑛𝑖=18)	(μg/mg, 𝑛𝑖=18)	(OD/V, 𝑛𝑖=18)	(2^−ΔΔCT, 𝑛𝑖=7)	(OD/OD, 𝑛𝑖=7)
Control	1091.34 ± 245.11	81.15 ± 11.05	0.2729 ± 0.0225	1.7154 ± 0.3963	0.7370 ± 0.1149
Model	2508.78 ± 298.22^aa	29.44 ± 2.66^aa	0.1793 ± 0.0207^aa	6.2047 ± 2.2695^aa	1.4357 ± 0.2766^aa
Fat-diet	1366.40 ± 473.17^abb	26.93 ± 4.18^aabb	0.1930 ± 0.0071^aabb	2.7509 ± 0.8356^aabb	0.9169 ± 0.0749^aabb
ALZ	1552.76 ± 460.08^aabbc	39.19 ± 3.07^aabbcc	0.2112 ± 0.0137^aabbcc	0.4372 ± 0.1574^aabbcc	0.2405 ± 0.1444^aabbcc

Versus Control, ^a𝑃<0.05, ^aa𝑃<0.01; versus Model, ^b𝑃<0.05, ^bb𝑃<0.01; versus Fat-diet, ^c𝑃<0.05, ^cc𝑃<0.01.