Screening of Anti-Inflammatory Components of Qin Jin Hua Tan Tang by a Multivariate Statistical Analysis Approach for Spectrum-Effect Relationships

Table 2

Anti-inflammatory activity of 10 Qing Jin Hua Tan Tang extracts.

	Model (%)	Dexamethasone acetate	WE-1	WE-2	EAWE-1	EAWE-2	NBWE-1
SIR	0	69.8 ± 8.03%	33.9 ± 11.9%	23.1 ± 5.60%	69.3 ± 7.31%	55.3 ± 5.27%	71.3 ± 2.73%
			NBWE-2	AE-1	AE-2	EAAE-1	EAAE-2
			62.5 ± 8.18%	74.3 ± 9.70%	48.6 ± 4.90%	34.8 ± 2.60%	27.6 ± 3.10%

^∗WE-1, high-dose of water extract; WE-2, low-dose of water extract; EAWE-1, high-dose of ethyl acetate fraction of WE-1; EAWE-2, low-dose of ethyl acetate fraction of WE-2; NBWE-1, high-dose of n-butyl alcohol fraction of WE-1; NBWE-2, low-dose of n-butyl alcohol fraction of WE-2; AE-1, high-dose of alcohol extract; AE-2: low-dose of alcohol extract. Concentration of high dose of the extract: 400 mg/kg bodyweight/day; concentration of low dose of the extract: 200 mg/kg bodyweight/day.