Chinese Herbal Medicine Formula Guizhi Li-Zhong Tang as an Alternative to Antibiotic Feed Additives for Preventing Pneumonia in Piglets through Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory, and Antiapoptotic Protection

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Antioxidant capacity and cytotoxicity of GLZ treatment. (a) DPPH free radical scavenging activity increased significantly with GLZ concentrations. (n = 3 for each group). (b) MTT assay under various concentrations of GLZ treatments without (A) -LPS) and with (B) +LPS) LPS treatment. Irrespective of LPS treatment, Kupffer cell viability for GLZ treatments (5–20 mg/mL) was significantly greater than for sham treatment (n = 3 for each group). Data are shown as mean ± standard error of the mean (, one-way analysis of variance followed by Student–Newman–Keuls multiple-comparison posttest).

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