Effect of emodin on pancreatic fibrosis in rats

Table 2 Effect of emodin on serum hyaluronic acid (HA) and laminin (LN) (mean ± SE)

Group	n	HA (μg/L)	LN (μg/L)
1 (Normal)	10	55.2 ± 23.7	40.5 ± 12.2
2 (Control)	8	112.7 ± 26.5b	86.2 ± 16.5b
3 (emodin, 20 mg/kg)	8	86.6 ± 22.1a	66.8 ± 14.4a
4 (emodin, 40 mg/kg)	8	78.0 ± 24.5d	56.7 ± 12.3a
5 (emodin, 80 mg/kg)	9	62.2 ± 19.3d	44.3 ± 10.4d

^bP < 0.01 vs group 1;

^aP < 0.05,

^dP < 0.01 vs group 2.