Research Article

Gastrointestinal Motility and Gut Hormone Secretion in response to Shenhuang Plaster in a Postoperative Ileus Rat Model

Figure 6

The transcriptional expression of MTL and VIP in rats from different groups at 72 h after operation. The symbols , , and indicate the statistical comparison with the Ctrl group, , , and , respectively. The symbols △ and △△ indicate the statistical comparison with POI, and , respectively. MTL, motilin, MTL; VIP, vasoactive intestinal peptide; Ctrl, control; SHP, Shenhuang plaster; POI, postoperative ileus.