Herbal Substance, Acteoside, Alleviates Intestinal Mucositis in Mice

Table 2

Histological severity scores for C57BL/6 mice (/group) treated with PS, PM, AS, and MA.

Treatment	Duodenum		Jejunum		Ileum
	d 5	d 11	d 5	d 11	d 5	d 11
PS	2.5 (2, 5)	3 (1, 6)	2.5 (1, 4)	5 (2, 9)	3 (1, 5)	1 (1, 5)
AS	2.5 (1, 3)	2 (1, 6)	3 (2, 7)	3 (2, 4)	1.5 (1, 4)	2 (0, 2)
PM	13 (2, 16)^*	2 (1, 4)^#	13 (10, 18)^*	6 (2, 10)^#	13 (7, 15)^*	1 (0, 3)^#
MA	3 (2, 5)	2.5 (1, 6)	2.5 (2, 4)	3 (1, 8)	1 (1, 3)	1 (1, 4)

Data was expressed as median and range in parenthesis. ^*Statistical significance compared to all other groups () on d 5. ^#Statistical significance () compared to d 5. PS = PBS + saline, AS = acteoside + saline, PM = PBS + MTX, and MA = MTX + acteoside.