Ginseng Purified Dry Extract, BST204, Improved Cancer Chemotherapy-Related Fatigue and Toxicity in Mice

Figure 4

The effects of BST204 and modafinil with 5-FU treatment on glycogen synthesis (a), TNF-α (b), and IL-6 (c). Each value represents the mean ± S.E.M. , , and compared to the normal and , , and compared to the control group. Naïve normal (normal); HT-29 cell inoculated + saline treated group (xenograft). Xenograft + 5-FU + vehicle treated group (control); xenograft + 5-FU + BST204-treated group (BST204). Xenograft + 5-FU + modafinil treated group (modafinil).

(a) Muscle glycogen activity (mg/g)

(b) TNF-α activity (pg/mL)

(c) IL-6 activity (pg/mL)