Treatment of pig serum-induced rat liver fibrosis with Boschniakia rossica, oxymatrine and interferon-α

Table 1 Serum markers of ALT (U/L), PCIII (μg/L) and CIV(μg/L, mean±SD).

	Control n = 8	Model n = 10	OM n = 10	IFN n = 9	BR n = 10
ALT	48.00±3.0	51.33±6.5	67.70±3.31	41.33±1.8	53.80±5.2
PCIII	5.83±0.4	9.91±3.1	7.46±0.71,2	6.68±0.31	6.56±0.41
CIV	0.93±0.71	4.13±1.4	0.97±0.91	0.90±0.61	0.40±0.41

¹Significantly different compared with model group, ²significantly different compared with control group.

Table 2 Comparison of liver fibrosis grades in different groups.

Group	n	0	I	II	III	IV
Control	8	8	0	0	0	0
Model	10	0	5	1	1	3
OM	10	2	7	0	1	0
IFN	9	2	6	1	0	0
BR	10	4	5	0	1	0