Experimental study of osthole on treatment of hyperlipidemic and alcoholic fatty liver in animals

Table 3 Histopathological changes of hepatic fatty degeneration after treatment with osthole 5-20 mg/kg for 6 wk in alcohol-induced fatty liver rats (n = 10)

Degreeof fattydegeneration	Control	Model	Osthole			Lipanthyl20 mg/kg
			5 mg/kg	10 mg/kg	20 mg/kg
—	9	0	2	2	4	6
+	1	5	7	8	6	4
++	0	5	1	0	0	0
+++	0	0	0	0	0	0
P	< 0.01		< 0.05	< 0.05	< 0.01	< 0.01

P value for medicine-treated or control animal vs model animal.