Comparative Study on Medicinal Natures (qi) of Black Ginseng, Red Ginseng, and Ginseng Leaves Based on Typical Deficiency-Heat Syndrome Rat Model

Table 1

Changes of related indexes of serum endocrine system of rats (mean ± SD).

Group	T3 (ng/ml)	T4 (ng/ml)	TRH (ng/L)	TSH (m U/L)	CORT (ng/ml)
CON	9.01 ± 2.03	87.75 ± 10.01	180.24 ± 11.86	28.37 ± 4.01	144.40 ± 11.31
MO	12.53 ± 3.03^#	107.26 ± 22.36^##	195.12 ± 6.63^##	23.27 ± 2.80^##	93.19 ± 2.74^##
RG	8.96 ± 4.78	84.30 ± 14.66	192.05 ± 9.77^#	24.36 ± 3.63^#	106.25 ± 3.79^##
BG	8.85 ± 1.85	93.67 ± 14.34	199.05 ± 4.95^##	24.35 ± 2.97^#	103.07 ± 4.93^##
GL	8.36 ± 3.05	93.169 ± 10.05	168.14 ± 6.76^#	23.37 ± 2.89^##	117.49 ± 9.81^#
HB	8.20 ± 3.31	92.03 ± 15.04	181.45 ± 11.41	28.77 ± 3.76	103.16 ± 5.16^##

^#, ^##P < 0.01 vs. CON; , vs. MO.