Research Article

Pharmacologic Effect of Miao Medicine Illicium simonsii Maxim. on Collagen-Induced Arthritis in Rats

Table 2

Rat organ index.

GroupSpleenKidneyLiverLungThymus

Normal0.19 ± 0.080.73 ± 0.013.71 ± 0.310.51 ± 0.120.12 ± 0.05
Model0.25 ± 0.030.73 ± 0.014.14 ± 0.810.56±0.040.16 ± 0.02
TG0.18 ± 0.010.73 ± 0.023.73 ± 0.390.46±0.07∗∗0.12 ± 0.08
ISM-H0.23 ± 0.02#@0.74 ± 0.034.49 ± 0.39##@0.52±0.06#@0.14 ± 0.01
ISM-L0.23 ± 0.06##0.71 ± 0.034.04 ± 0.480.50±0.060.14 ± 0.01
ISM-T0.20 ± 0.020.73 ± 0.073.93 ± 0.77##0.49±0.09∗∗0.13 ± 0.04

Note: p < 0.05, ∗∗p < 0.01, vs. model group; #p < 0.05, ##p < 0.01, vs. TG group; @p < 0.05, vs. ISM-T group.