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. 2012 Nov 29;12:239. doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-239

Table 8.

Semi-quantitative histological analysis on effect of drug intervention against liver fibrosis induced by Alcohol in rats (n = 7,x¯±s)

Group Hepatocyte death Inflammatory cell infiltration Fibrosis Combined score
Normal
0.3 ± 0.2
3.0 ± 0.1
0.1 ± 0.1
0.3 ± 0.1
Model
4.1 ± 0.7△△
3.3 ± 0.6△△
4.3 ± 0.7△△
4.0 ± 0.6△△
Sylimarin
1.5 ± 0.7**
1.6 ± 0.5**
3.2 ± 0.5
2.6 ± 0.5*
BBR
1.3 ± 0.3**
1.4 ± 0.5**
1.8 ± 0.3**
2.2 ± 0.5**
CRAE
1.5 ± 0.7**
1.3 ± 0.6**
2.2 ± 0.5**
2.5 ± 0.4*
BB
1.6 ± 0.5**
1.3 ± 30.5**
1.2 ± 0.4**
2.0 ± 0.4**
TUDCA 0.9 ± 0.4** 0.7 ± 0.3** 0.8 ± 0.3** 1.0 ± 0.4**

p < 0.05 when compared with normal group; △△p < 0.01 when compared with normal group; *p < 0.05 when compared with model group; **p < 0.01 when compared with model group.