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. 2017 Aug 21;25(5):545–552. doi: 10.4062/biomolther.2017.148

Table 1.

Histopathological findings and grading of the liver of males

Dose level (mg/kg/day) 0 0.5 5 50 250
No. of animals observed 5 5 5 5 5
Altered cell foci + (0/5) + (1/5) + (0/5) + (1/5) + (2/5)
++ (0/5) ++ (1/5) ++ (2/5) ++ (2/5) ++ (1/5)
+++ (0/5) +++ (0/5) +++ (0/5) +++ (1/5) +++ (2/5)
Bile duct hyperplasia + (0/5) + (3/5) + (1/5) + (1/5) + (0/5)
++ (0/5) ++ (1/5) ++ (2/5) ++ (2/5) ++ (2/5)
+++ (0/5) +++ (1/5) +++ (2/5) +++ (2/5) +++ (3/5)
Focal inflammation + (0/5) + (2/5) + (2/5) + (4/5) + (2/5)
++ (0/5) ++ (0/5) ++ (3/5) ++ (0/5) ++ (2/5)
+++ (0/5) +++ (0/5) +++ (0/5) +++ (1/5) +++ (1/5)

( ): Number of animals, Affected animals/Total examined animals.