Effects of Chinese traditional compound, JinSanE, on expression of TGF-β1 and TGF-β1 type II receptor mRNA, Smad3 and Smad7 on experimental hepatic fibrosis in vivo

Table 2 Biochemical data in the four experimental groups (mean±SD).

Groups	n	ALT (IU/L)	AST (IU/L)	ALB (g/L)	A/G	HA (ng/L)
Normal rats	18	50.17±2.37	77.8±13.36	35.4±1.5	1.30±0.09	116.04±17.81
Model rats	15	276.0±45.4b	554.8±68.3b	24.7±3.15b	0.57±0.48b	318.65±20.83b
JinSanE I rats	17	105.3±15.1bd	331.5±47.9bd	30.1±2.3bd	0.89±0.04bd	138.20±11.39d
JinSanE II rats	16	109.5±28.5bd	248.5±9.42bd	32.7±1.8bd	0.94±0.07bd	129.50±17.04d

ALT, alanine transaminase; AST, aspartate transaminase; ALB, albumin; A/G, albumin/globulin ratio; and HA, hyaluronic acid.

^bP<0.01 vs compared with the normal group;

^dP<0.01 vs compared with the model group.