Research Article

Heat-Processed Scutellariae Radix Enhances Anti-Inflammatory Effect against Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Acute Lung Injury in Mice via NF-κB Signaling

Table 1

Body weight gain and lung weight.

GroupBody weightLung weight (mg/g body weight)
Initial (g)Final (g)Gain (g/3 days)

Normal mice29.6 ± 0.431.5 ± 0.51.8 ± 0.27.4 ± 0.5
LPS-treated mice
 Veh.29.6 ± 0.425.2 ± 0.3−4.3 ± 0.315.3 ± 0.8
 NSR29.6 ± 0.426.7 ± 0.5−3.4 ± 0.210.3 ± 1.1
 HSR29.6 ± 0.426.4 ± 0.4−3.3 ± 0.2 8.2 ± 0.4

Veh., vehicle-administered and LPS-treated mice; NSR, nonheat-processed Scutellariae Radix-administered and LPS-treated mice; HSR, heat-processed Scutellariae Radix-administered and LPS-treated mice. Data are the mean ± SEM. Significance: , , and versus vehicle-administered and LPS-treated mice.