A Compound of Chinese Herbs Protects against Alcoholic Liver Fibrosis in Rats via the TGF-β1/Smad Signaling Pathway

Table 2

Effects on body weight and index of organs.

Groups	Primary body weight (g)	Terminal body weight (g)	Index of liver	Index of spleen	Index of kidneys	Index of testis	Index of thymus
Blank	201.14±9.29	414.71±42.49	2.07±0.13	0.15±0.02	0.60±0.06	0.88±0.10	0.06±0.02
Model	201.00±11.70	418.56±29.29	2.12±0.11	0.14±0.02	0.61±0.05	0.89±0.13	0.04±0.02
Positive	201.44±11.39	425.80±24.06	2.10±0.12	0.16±0.03	0.63±0.06	0.90±0.04	0.05±0.01
Low	201.36±14.14	419.98±10.43	1.98±0.10	0.14±0.04	0.62±0.02	0.89±0.06	0.05±0.01
Medium	198.46±6.91	415.20±33.50	2.12±0.12	0.15±0.02	0.66±0.32	0.86±0.10	0.04±0.01
High	209.11±14.99	430.96±29.42	2.15±0.11	0.13±0.02	0.62±0.04	0.84±0.09	0.05±0.02

Notes: Data are shown as mean±S.E. (n=8 or 9). Terminal body weight means the weight of rats fasted before blood collection.