Mechanism of aqueous fructus aurantii immaturus extracts in neuroplexus of cathartic colons

Table 3 Semi-quantitative analysis of 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 4 and neurofilament-H protein expression intensity in rat colon tissue

Protein	Control	Model	Mosapride	FAI-L	FAI-M	FAI-H
5-HTR4	161.73 ± 67.56	7.85 ± 4.44b	75.13 ± 92.17bc	19.31 ± 22.41b	26.89 ± 19.04b	23.89 ± 32.09b
NF-H	1064.45 ± 358.96	166.22 ± 230.38b	649.13 ± 306.48ac	219.42 ± 177.20b	420.89 ± 476.75b	631.78 ± 456.29ac

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01 vs control;

^cP < 0.05 vs model. FAI: Fructus aurantii immaturus; H: High dose (4 g/kg); L: Low dose (1 g/kg); M: Medium dose (2 g/kg); NF-H: Neurofilament-H; 5-HTR4: 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 4.