Efficacy of Boesenbergia rotunda Treatment against Thioacetamide-Induced Liver Cirrhosis in a Rat Model
Table 3
Liver index measurements from the rats at the end of the 8-week study.
Treatment
Body weight (gm)
Liver weight (gm)
Liver index (LW/BW %)
Group 1 (normal rats)
Group 2 (rats with cirrhosis)
**
Group 3 (silymarin-treated rats)
*
Group 4 (treatment with the BR extract at 250 mg/kg dose)
*
Group 5 (treatment with the BR extract at 500 mg/kg dose)
*
Data were expressed as Mean ± SEM. Means between the silymarin-treated Group 3, low-dose BR-treated Group 4, and high-dose BR-treated Group 5 had significant differences when compared with the cirrhosis control Group 2 with * and compared with the normal control Group 1 with **.