Prophylactic Ozone Administration Reduces Intestinal Mucosa Injury Induced by Intestinal Ischemia-Reperfusion in the Rat

Table 1

Evaluation of villus height and crypt depth in study groups.

Variables	Control	Ozone	IR	Ozone + IR
Jejunum villi	258.9 (75.5)^a,b	278.3 (31.4)^c,d	131.0 (41.3)^a,c,e	205.8 (39.6)^b,d,e
Jejunum crypts	117.3 (35.6)^a,b	120.4 (10.2)^c,d	67.3 (13.2)^a,c,e	99.3 (10.4)^b,d,e
Ileum villi	261.8 (190.2)^a,b	246.8 (108.7)^c,d	116.8 (54.4)^a,c	142.0 (16.2)^b,d
Ileum crypts	118.0 (17.4)^a,b	110.6 (33.2)^c,d	74.6 (39.0)^a,c	70.9 (10.0)^b,d

Data are expressed as mean. Rows that share the same letters (superscripts) are significantly different from each other ( for a, b, c, d, and for e).