Effects of Rheum tanguticum polysaccharide on TNBS -induced colitis and CD4+ T cells in rats

Table 1 Effects of RTP₁ (200 mg·kg^-1, ig) on rats with TNBS -induced colitis (n = 10, x^-±s)

t/d	Colon mass index (mg·g-1)				Ulcerative area (%)
	Normal	Model	RTP1	DX	Normal	Model	RTP1	DX
5	2.8 ± 0.4	7.0 ± 1.4d	5.2 ± 1.4a	5.5 ± 0.6a	0.0 ± 0.0	35.7 ± 12.9d	16.1 ± 12.1b	26.2 ± 4.1a
7		6.9 ± 1.7d	5.4 ± 0.7a	5.6 ± 0.4a		44.5 ± 12.0d	31.8 ± 8.6a	35.7 ± 2.4a
10		7.3 ± 1.5d	5.2 ± 1.8a	5.2 ± 0.6b		27.5 ± 13.7d	17.7 ± 5.3a	22.1 ± 4.9
14		5.4 ± 0.9d	3.4 ± 0.8b	4.1 ± 0.3b		21.8 ± 9.7d	12.7 ± 4.1a	13.5 ± 2.7a

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01 vs Model;

^dP < 0.01 vs Normal.