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Table 4 Hepatic TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-10, PGE 2 , and sICAM-1 levels in rats treated with ginsenosides

From: Ginseng extract and ginsenoside Rb1 attenuate carbon tetrachloride-induced liver fibrosis in rats

 

Control

CCl4

GE

Rb1

TNF-α (pg/mg protein)

15.8 ± 7.6ab

17.2 ± 5.1b

10.4 ± 3.3a

16.7 ± 6.9b

IL-1β (pg/mg protein)

132.5 ± 39.6a

333.0 ± 135.8c

212.0 ± 115.2ab

292.9 ± 182.9bc

IL-10 (pg/mg protein)

4461 ± 958b

3443 ± 508a

3513 ± 677a

3514 ± 600a

PGE2 (pg/mg protein)

6196 ± 1599b

9822 ± 2610c

4636 ± 1928ab

4128 ± 1480a

sICAM-1 (pg/mg protein)

2782 ± 771a

3991 ± 867b

3288 ± 567ab

3427 ± 963ab

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD (n =10). Values not sharing the same superscript differ significantly (p <0.05) within the same row.