Effect of combined therapy of Yinchenhao Chengqi decoction and endoscopic sphincterotomy for endotoxemia in acute cholangitis

Table 4 Changes of plasmic ET, serum SOD and MDA ( ^-x±s)

Group	No.of patients	Before treatment	After treatment
			d3	d5	d7
Plasmic ET (ng/L)
Group B	11	97.12 ± 15.20	72.84 ± 10.36a	62.61 ± 10.08a	47.80 ± 11.62a
Group A	10	98.67 ± 15.54	67.07 ± 13.50a	48.18 ± 11.46ac	35.92 ± 8.30ac
Serum SOD (kNU/L)
Group B	11	62.52 ± 8.01	72.38 ± 10.52a	86.89 ± 13.56a
Group A	10	63.68 ± 9.45	96.47 ± 15.35ac	105.18 ± 13.21ac
Serum MDA (μmol/L)
Group B	11	38.50 ± 2.29	24.40 ± 2.43a	12.47 ± 1.70a
Group A	10	37.32 ± 3.80	6.40 ± 1.28ac	4.33 ± 1.03ac

^aP < 0.05, comparison intra-group;

^cP < 0.05, comparison among groups. Student’s t test.