IL6 and Hepatic fibrosis: BBG also ameliorated liver fibrosis and down-regulated hepatic interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), PDGF, IL-1β, transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β), p-extracellular-signal-regulated kinases (ERK), and alpha-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) expressions in CBDL rats.