Figure 3.

Effects of EESC on histopathological abnormalities in inflamed tissue. (A) The abbreviations used are the same as those used in Figure 1A. The solid arrow indicates a blood vessel near the epidermis. White arrows show epidermis disruption. The solid wedge indicates an indistinct boundary between the epidermis and dermis. (B) Severity scores; (C) infiltrated immune cells. N.D., undetectable.; EESC, ethanol extract of S. chinensis; DEX, dexamethasone. Results are presented as means ± SDs. ### p < 0.001 vs. the NOR group; * p < 0.05 and ** p < 0.01 vs. the CTL group.