Effects of Jiawei Sijunzi Decoction on migrating myoelectric complex in 8.0 Gy irradiated rats

Table 1 Effect of Jiawei Sijunzi decoction on various phases and duration of cycle of duodenal migrating myoelectric complex of rats irradiated with 8.0 Gy (min, mean ± SD)

Group	Time		No. of rats	MMC				Duration of cycle
				I	II	III	IV
Control	Before irradiation		9	3.8 ± 0.2 (4)	15.5 ± 4.7 (33)	2.6 ± 0.7 (27)	0.6 (1)	11.9 ± 4.5 (21)
	After irradiation	1 h	9 [3]	2.4 ± 0.9 (6)	6.3 ± 2.7 (20)*	3.1 ± 0.6 (19)	0.6 ± 0.3 (3)	9.4 ± 1.8 (5)
		1 d	9 [1]	-	14.7 ± 2.7 (4)	1.7 ± 0.7 (3)	-	18.4 ± 1.8 (2)
		3 d	7	60 (1)	60 ± 0 (6)	-	-	-
		5 d	3	60 ± 0 (2)	60 (1)	-	-	-
		7 d	1	-	60 (1)	-	-	-
Treated	Before irradiation		6	1.6 ± 0.24 (4)	9.8 ± 2.8 (29)	2.4 ± 0.5 (26)	0.6 ± 0.3 (3)	10.4 ± 3.6 (20)
	After irradiation	1 h	6 [3]	-	21.2 ± 17.4 (7)	2.8 ± 0.6 (6)	-	9.8 ± 23 (3)
		1 d	6	60 (1)	60 ± 0 (5)	-	-	-
		3 d	6 [2]	-	37.5 ± 27.6 (5)a	1.7 ± 0.1 (4)	-	15.6 ± 1.8 (2)
		5 d	6 [2]	-	26.7 ± 11.2 (2)a	2.1 ± 0.6 (2)	-	37.0 ± 4.5 (2)b
		7 d	1		60 (1)	-	-	-

Note: Compared with pre-irradiation:

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01; [ ]: No. of animals showing MMC cycle; ( ): Appearance time; MMC: Migrating myoelectric complex.

Table 2 Effect of Jiawei Sijunzi decoction on various phases and duration of cycle of jejunal migrating myoelectric complex of rats irradiated with 8.0 Gy (min, mean ± SD)

Group	Time		No. of rats	MMC				Duration of cycle
				I	II	III	IV
Control	Before irradiation		9	3.2 ± 1.3 (11)	10.0 ± 4.2 (41)	3.1 ± 0.5 (35)		15.8 ± 5.8 (26)
	After irradiation	1 h	9 [3]	2.5 ± 0.4 (17)	3.5 ± 0.9 (20)a	3.9 ± 1.0 (18)	0.6 (1)	8.8 ± 1.3 (15)
		1 d	9 [7]	3.1 ± 0.9 (16)	11.9 ± 7.4 (31)	2.7 ± 0.7 (26)		12.7 ± 1.9 (20)
		3 d	6	60 (1)	60 ± 0 (5)	-	-	-
		5 d	3	-	60 ± 0 (3)	-	-	-
		7 d	1	-	60 (1)	-	-	-
Treated	Before irradiation		7	2.5 ± 1.0 (15)	9.5 ± 4.2 (29)	2.9 ± 0.6 (29)	0.6 ± 0.2 (5)	14.5 ± 5.1 (26)
	After irradiation	1 h	7 [3]	2.4 ± 0.6 (6)	14.7 ± 12.4 (11)	2.8 ± 0.5 (10)	0.5 ± 0.2 (5)	13.0 ± 5.5 (8)
		1 d	7 [4]	1.8 ± 0.1 (6)	14.5 ± 9.1 (16)	2.3 ± 0.4 (15)	0.9 ± 0.3 (2)	14.4 ± 6.8 (11)
		3 d	6 [2]	-	18.8 ± 12.3 (7)	2.2 ± 0.4 (6)	-	12.0 ± 5.2 (4)
		5 d	6 [1]	2.9 ± 1.3 (2)	9.9 ± 3.7 (4)	3.3 ± 0.3 (4)	-	13.4 ± 1.5 (3)
		7 d	1		60 (1)	-	-	-

Note: Compared with pre-irradiation:

^aP < 0.05; [ ]: No. of animals showing MMC cycle; ( ): Appearance time; MMC: Migrating myoelectric complex.

Table 3 Effect of Jiawei Sijunzi decoction on various phases and duration of cycle of ileal migrating myoelectric complex of rats irradiated with 8.0 Gy (min, mean ± SD)

Group	Time		No. of rats	MMC				Duration of cycle
				I	II	III	IV
Control	Before irradiation		5	3.5 ± 1.2 (2)	25.2 ± 5.3 (12)	5.8 ± 1.7 (7)	0.7 (1)	23.0 ± 11.9 (5)
	After irradiation	1 h	5 [2]	-	7.8 ± 1.2 (11)	3.0 ± 1.1 (9)	-	10.2 ± 5.2 (6)
		1 d	5 [2]	5.6 ± 1.7 (2)	24.3 ± 2.2 (4)	4.1 ± 0.2 (4)	-	32.0 ± 6.3 (2)
		3 d	4	-	60 ± 0 (4)	-	-	-
		5 d	3	60 (1)	60 ± 0 (2)	-	-	-
		7 d	1	60 (1)	-	-	-
Treated	Before irradiation		3	0.8 (1)	20.5 ± 6.2 (8)	3.2 ± 0.3 (7)	0.8 ± 0.2 (2)	29.4 ± 11.9 (5)
	After irradiation	1 h	3 [1]	-	18.4 ± 16.1 (3)	2.8 ± 0.5 (2)	-	13.1 (1)
		1 d	3 [2]	13.2 ± 8.8 (2)	18.3 ± 7.8 (4)	3.3 ± 0.7 (2)	-	35.2 ± 2.9 (2)
		3 d	3 [1]		26.0 ± 0.1 (2)	3.1 ± 0.1 (2)	-	28.9 (1)
		5 d	1 [1]	-	18.1 ± 12.5 (3)	2.5 ± 0.1 (2)	-	15.3 (1)
		7 d	1	60 (1)	-	-	-	-

[ ]: No. of animals showing MMC cycle; ( ): Appearance time; MMC: Migrating myoelectric complex.