Schisandrae Fructus Supplementation Ameliorates Sciatic Neurectomy-Induced Muscle Atrophy in Mice

Table 7

Changes in the gastrocnemius muscle cytokine content in mice with NTX-induced muscle atrophy.

Groups	Muscle cytokine content (pg/mg protein)
	IL-1β	TNF-α
Controls
Sham	1.64 ± 0.55	75.67 ± 16.06
NTX	5.45 ± 1.51^a	244.76 ± 43.21^a
Reference
Oxymetholone	2.58 ± 0.56^ab	137.00 ± 34.23^ab
EESF treated
500 mg/kg	2.70 ± 0.71^ab	136.43 ± 27.85^ab
250 mg/kg	3.27 ± 0.49^ab	149.86 ± 15.01^ab
125 mg/kg	3.99 ± 0.50^ab	174.87 ± 24.71^ab

Values are expressed as mean ± S.D. of 10 mice.
^a as compared with sham control mice by the MW test.
^b as compared with NTX control mice by the MW test.