Figure 2.

Medium and high dosages of magnolol effectively attenuated histopathological changes and myeloperoxidase activity in the colon of DSS-treated mice. (A) Representative images of hematoxylin/eosin (H&E) staining (magnification, 10×): (a) Control group; (b) DSS group; (c) Infliximab group; (d) Magnolol 5 mg/kg; (e) Magnolol 10 mg/kg; (f) Magnolol 15 mg/kg; (B) Histological scores; (C) MPO activity. The value in the plot was expressed as means ± SEM, and statistically significant was marked by asterisk (* p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01).