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Table 2.

Morphologic and histopathological intestinal parameters of the control and experiment groups

Groups	Mucosal thickness (mm) x̄ ± SD	Villus length (mm) x̄ ± SD	Villus length/crypt ratio x̄ ± SD	SQHE Total result x̄ ± SD
MTX (n=10)	0.17±0.05^a	0.21±0.07^a	2.33±0.55^a	22.67±4.44^a
RJ50+MTX(n=11)	0.29±0.09^ab	0.20±0.17^a	3.16±1.99^ab	10.70±0.05^b
RJ100+MTX (n=12)	0.37±0.10^b	0.19±0.05^a	3.41±0.9^b	14.8±5.10^b
RJ 50 (n=12)	0.41±0.10^b	0.35±0.62^b	5.40±0.08^c	4.33±2.81^c
RJ 100 (n=12)	0.47±0.13^b	0.34±0.06^b	4.79±1.44^cd	3.00±1.55^c
Control (n=12)	0.42±0.15^b	0.40±0.82^b	4.39±0.89^d	2.83±1.474^c
P	<0.05	<0.001	<0.05	<0.001

MTX; Methotrexate, RJ; Royal Jelly, x̄ ± SD; mean ± standard deviation, SQHE; Semi-quantitative histological evaluation, Alphabetical superscripts; same letters indicate the absence of statistical significance between the groups, means that they are similar; different letters indicate the presence of statistically significant difference between the groups, means that they are distinct.