Pharmacological Study on Total Glycosides of Xiebai Protecting against Depression Model

Table 5

Effect of total glucosides of Xiebai on spleen index in the thymus of rats with chronic stress depression ( ± s).

Group	Number of animals	Dose (mg·kg^−1)	Thymus index (mg·g^−1)	Spleen index (mg·g^−1)
Blank group	10	—	1.725 ± 0.513	3.019 ± 0.531
Model group	10	—	1.212 ± 0.323	2.389 ± 0.211
Fluoxetine hydrochloride group	10	6.6	1.880 ± 0.433	2.843 ± 0.570
High-dose Xiebai total glycosides group	10	200	1.953 ± 0.407	2.868 ± 0.454
Medium-dose Xiebai total glycosides group	10	100	1.904 ± 0.334	2.857 ± 0.364
Low-dose Xiebai total glycosides group	10	50	1.761 ± 0.396	2.791 ± 0.335

Note. Compared with the model group,  < 0.05 and  < 0.01.