Table III.

Histological assessment of edema, necrosis, and inflammation (values are given as mean ± SEM)

Parameter	Sham + saline N = 10	Sham + EP N = 10	ANP + saline N = 9	ANP + EP N = 13
Edema	0.2 ±0.1	0.2 ±0.2	0.88 ±0.1**	0.5 ±0.2**,*α
Necrosis	0.2 ±0.1	0.2 ±0.2	1.45 ±0.2**	0.96 ±0.2**,*α
Inflammation	0.2 ±0.2	0.2 ±0.2	1.19 ±0.3**	1 ±0.3**

ANP – acute necrotizing pancreatitis, EP – ethyl pyruvate

*p < 0.05 compared with other groups

^**p < 0.01 compared with sham groups

^*αp < 0.05 compared with ANP + saline group.