Fig. 1.

Histopathological examination of haematoxylin and eosin H&E-stained ulcerative colitis rat tissues. G1: A normal histology of mucosa, submucosa, mucosa and serosa and absence of inflammatory cell infiltration were found in control rats; G2: colitic rats exhibited a marked mucosal necrosis associated with inflammatory cell infiltration in submucosa and mucosa; G3: colitic rats + 30% sucrose showed a more severe mucosal necrosis accompanied by nuclear enlargement as an indication of degenerative changes in response to the sucrose-supplemented diet; G4: colitic rats + 30% sucrose displayed a normal histology of mucosa, comparable to that of the control; G5: colitic rats + 30% sucrose + FB dietary supplementation exhibited a significant reversal in the mucosal necrosis and mucosal and submucosal inflammatory cell infiltration (Magnification X100).