Research Article

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

Table 3

Oxidative stress biomarkers in lung tissue.

GroupROS  
(fluorescence/min/mg protein)
NO  
(mM/mL)
ONOO
(fluorescence/mg protein)

Normal mice88 ± 30.96 ± 0.171,075 ± 51
LPS-treated mice
 Veh.147 ± 111.87 ± 0.192,300 ± 84
 NSR132 ± 51.20 ± 0.101,430 ± 36
 HSR122 ± 60.63 ± 0.041,317 ± 47

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.