Effects of Jiawei Sijunzi Decoction on migrating myoelectric complex in 8.0 Gy irradiated rats

Table 2 Effect of Jiawei Sijunzi decoction on various phases and duration of cycle of jejunal migrating myoelectric complex of rats irradiated with 8.0 Gy (min, mean ± SD)

Group	Time		No. of rats	MMC				Duration of cycle
				I	II	III	IV
Control	Before irradiation		9	3.2 ± 1.3 (11)	10.0 ± 4.2 (41)	3.1 ± 0.5 (35)		15.8 ± 5.8 (26)
	After irradiation	1 h	9 [3]	2.5 ± 0.4 (17)	3.5 ± 0.9 (20)a	3.9 ± 1.0 (18)	0.6 (1)	8.8 ± 1.3 (15)
		1 d	9 [7]	3.1 ± 0.9 (16)	11.9 ± 7.4 (31)	2.7 ± 0.7 (26)		12.7 ± 1.9 (20)
		3 d	6	60 (1)	60 ± 0 (5)	-	-	-
		5 d	3	-	60 ± 0 (3)	-	-	-
		7 d	1	-	60 (1)	-	-	-
Treated	Before irradiation		7	2.5 ± 1.0 (15)	9.5 ± 4.2 (29)	2.9 ± 0.6 (29)	0.6 ± 0.2 (5)	14.5 ± 5.1 (26)
	After irradiation	1 h	7 [3]	2.4 ± 0.6 (6)	14.7 ± 12.4 (11)	2.8 ± 0.5 (10)	0.5 ± 0.2 (5)	13.0 ± 5.5 (8)
		1 d	7 [4]	1.8 ± 0.1 (6)	14.5 ± 9.1 (16)	2.3 ± 0.4 (15)	0.9 ± 0.3 (2)	14.4 ± 6.8 (11)
		3 d	6 [2]	-	18.8 ± 12.3 (7)	2.2 ± 0.4 (6)	-	12.0 ± 5.2 (4)
		5 d	6 [1]	2.9 ± 1.3 (2)	9.9 ± 3.7 (4)	3.3 ± 0.3 (4)	-	13.4 ± 1.5 (3)
		7 d	1		60 (1)	-	-	-

Note: Compared with pre-irradiation:

^aP < 0.05; [ ]: No. of animals showing MMC cycle; ( ): Appearance time; MMC: Migrating myoelectric complex.