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. 2019 Jun 6;6(2):65. doi: 10.3390/medicines6020065

Table 3.

Effect of spearmint treatment in the evaluated macroscopic markers of TNBS-induced colitis.

Group Colon Length (cm) Lesion Extension (cm) Diarrhoea Score Mortality (%)
Sham 14.5 ± 0.2 0.0 ± 0.0 0.0 ± 0.0 0
Ethanol (50%) 14.1 ± 0.4 0.0 ± 0.0 0.0 ± 0.0 0
TNBS 11.8 ± 0.5# 3.6 ± 0.4# 3.0 ± 0.0# 37.5
TNBS + Spearmint 14.1 ± 1.2* 1.9 ± 1.0* 0.9 ± 0.8* 22.2

Legend: EtOH: Ethanol; TNBS: 2,4,6-Trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid. # p < 0.001 compared with ethanol group; * p < 0.001 compared with TNBS group.