Fig. 7From: Preliminary study of the toxicity and radioprotective effects of zymosan in vitro and in vivoComparison of the protective effects of LPS and zymosan against radiation in rats. Rats were treated with LPS (10 mg/kg) or zymosan (10 mg/kg) 24 h before being treated with 7.0 Gy irradiation. a The survival rate of rats after 21 d. b The spleen index; c The thymus index; d The liver index. Compared with the control group, **p < 0.01; Compared with the LPS-treated group, #p < 0.05. There were 12 rats in each group. The data are expressed as the−X ± SD. ANOVA was used to analyze the data from the different groupsBack to article page