Effect of biologically active fraction of Nardostachys jatamansi on cerulein-induced acute pancreatitis

Figure 7 Effects of the 4th fraction of Nardostachys jatamansi on heme oxygenase-1 expression in the pancreas. Mice were treated with saline, or Nardostachys jatamansi (NJ) (10 mg/kg). Then, the pancreas was harvested at the indicated time. A: The protein level of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) in the pancreas was measured using Western blotting. β-actin was used as the loading control; B: The mRNA expression of HO-1 was measured using real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Mice were treated with the indicated dose of NJ4. At 6 h after NJ4 injection, the pancreas was harvested; C: The protein level of HO-1 in the pancreas was measured using Western blotting. β-actin was used as the loading control; D: The mRNA expression of HO-1 was measured using real-time RT-PCR. The results were similar in 3 additional experiments. ^aP < 0.05 vs the saline treatment. Cur: Curcumin.