The Antidepressant and Cognitive Improvement Activities of the Traditional Chinese Herb Cistanche

Figure 2

Effect of C. deserticola Y.C.Ma and C. tubulosa decoctions on immobility period of tail suspension mice in 5 min. After adaptation, the experimental groups were administered with herb Cistanche decoction by gavage for 21 days and then suspended by tail and the movement was monitored in 5 min after suspension; each group was comprised of 10 mice. L, M, and H, respectively, represent low, medium, and high; CD and CT, respectively, represent C. deserticola Y.C.Ma and C. tubulosa decoction. All the data were represented as mean ± SEM; was considered as significantly different and was marked as “”.