Strontium Chloride: Can It Be a New Treatment Option for Ulcerative Colitis?

Table 1

Macroscopic and microscopic scores of the each 6 rats in the five groups.

	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5
Macroscopic* scores	0	3	2	1	1
	0	3	1	1	2
	0	3	2	2	1
	0	3	0	2	2
	0	3	2	2	2
	0	3	0	1	2
Median ± SEM	0	3	1.50 ± 0.40	1.50 ± 0.22	2.00 ± 0.21
Microscopic* scores	0	3	1	2	1
	0	3	1	1	2
	0	3	2	2	1
	0	2	1	1	1
	0	3	1	1	0
	0	3	0	2	2
Median ± SEM	0	3	1.00 ± 0.25	1.50 ± 0.22	1.00 ± 0.30

∗There was a significant difference by means of both macroscopic and microscopic scores between group 2 (The colitis group) and other four groups (𝑃<0.05). But there was no significant difference within treatment receiving groups (groups 3, 4, and 5) when compared in pairs (𝑃>0.05).