Fig. 3.
Effect of B. coagulans spores, GBRS and synbiotic treatments on DSS-induced colonic tissue injury. a Histological images of proximal and distal colonic tissues stained with hematoxylin and eosin at × 20 for each experimental group. b Histological score calculated after microscopic analyses of proximal and distal sections of the colon. c Myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity in colonic tissues was determined by colorimetric assay. Results, expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 8 per group), were evaluated by one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s test (*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ****p < 0.0001)