In vivo effects of Chinese herbal recipe, Danshaohuaxian, on apoptosis and proliferation of hepatic stellate cells in hepatic fibrotic rats

Table 5 Apoptosis index and cell cycles detected by flow cytometry in each group of rats (mean±SD).

Group	n	AI (%)	Go-G1 (%)	S-phase (%)	G2-M (%)
Control	3	0.28±0.05	68.40±6.47	1.82±0.33	29.76±6.80
Hepatic fibrosis	3	1.63±0.25a	62.27±17.96	9.83±1.81a	23.26±10.95
Non-DSHX-treated	3	1.78±0.43a	50.53±2.25	11.87±1.92a	13.60±1.15
DSHX-treated	3	7.81±0.47ce	94.30±1.33ce	3.11±1.27ce	2.58±0.73df

^aP<0.05 vs normal control group;

^cP<0.05,

^dP<0.01 vs hepatic fibrosis group;

^eP<0.05 ,

^fP<0.01 vs non-DSHX-treated group.