Table 1.
The percentage scoring system of the LC and AMD histopathological and ultrastructural features of all groups of rats.
| Lung Structures | Percentages | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control Group | LC Group | AMD Group | LC Plus AMD Group | ||
| Histopathological Analysis | Alveolar duct | 0–1% | 1–2% | 55–58% | 1–4% |
| Alveolar sacs | 0–1% | 2–3% | 35–40% | 2–3% | |
| Alveoli | 0–1% | 0–2% | 29–37% | 1–2% | |
| Alveolar epithelium | 0–1% | 0–1% | 25–28% | 2–3% | |
| Type I pneumocytes | 0–1% | 1–2% | 35–41% | 2–3% | |
| Type II pneumocytes | 0–1% | 1–2% | 25–28% | 1–4% | |
| Interalveolar septum | 0–1% | 1–2% | 34–45% | 1–2% | |
| Bronchiole | 0–1% | 0–2% | 65–78% | 1–3% | |
| Ultrastructural Analysis | SEM Analysis | ||||
| ● Alveolar duct | 0–1% | 1–2% | 52–54% | 1–7% | |
| ● Alveoli | 0–1% | 1–2% | 24–30% | 1–5% | |
| ● Alveolar enhance ridge | 0–1% | 1–2% | 35–40% | 2–3% | |
| ● Collagen fibrils | 0–1% | 1–2% | 14–28% | 1–2% | |
| ● Erythrocytes | 0–1% | 1–2% | 12–21% | 1–3% | |
| TEM Analysis | |||||
| ● Type I pneumocytes | 0–1% | 1–2% | 37–43% | 1–2% | |
| ● Type II pneumocytes | 0–1% | 1–2% | 26–31% | 1–4% | |
| ● Blood capillary | 0–1% | 1–2% | 36–44% | 2–3% | |
| ● Collagen fibrils | 0–1% | 1–2% | 16–29% | 1–2% | |
| ● Myelin figures | 0–1% | 1–2% | 8–11% | 0–1% | |