TABLE 2

Estimated velocity of the major metabolites of berberine being formed in the perfusates

Data are presented as mean ± SD. n = 5 each.

	M1	M2	M3
	ng/(min · cm²)
Enzyme-digested	0.181 ± 0.057	0.148 ± 0.09^*	0.42 ± 0.11
Undigested	0.163 ± 0.042	0.022 ± 0.012	0.44 ± 0.122

↵* P < 0.05 vs. undigested.