Table 3.

Organ lesion scores in control and different experimental groups.

Lesion	Experimental groups
	Control	MTX	MTX-DM50	MTX-DM100
Hepatic lesions	0.00	3.00 ± 0.00∗	1.80 ± 0.13∗#	1.20 ± 0.13∗#
Renal lesions	0.00	3.00 ± 0.00∗	2.30 ± 0.15∗#	1.90 ± 0.31∗#
Cardiac lesions	0.00	3.00 ± 0.00∗	2.00 ± 0.21∗#	1.40 ± 0.16∗#

Data are expressed as means ± SEM. ^∗Significant change at p < 0.01 with respect to the negative control group. ^#Significant change at p < 0.01 with respect to the MTX group as the positive control group.