Hepatoprotective Activity of the Ethanolic Extract of Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. against Oxidative Stress-Induced Liver Injury

Figure 3

PME relieved surgical BDL-induced mouse extrahepatic cholestatic liver injury. Plasma ALT (a), AST (b), total bilirubin (c), and ALP (d) levels were measured 10 days after sham or BDL. p < 0.05 compared with the sham group; p < 0.05 compared with the BDL group; n = 3 in the sham group; n = 5 each in the BDL and BDL+PME groups. Representative liver sections stained with anti-Nrf2 antibody (e) from sham-operated mice (left) and BDL-treated mice treated with either water (middle) or PME (right).

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