Protective Effects of Quercetin on Livers from Mice Exposed to Long-Term Cigarette Smoke

Table 3

The semiquantitative score values (score minimum-score maximum) of the main histological lesions found in the livers of experimental animals.

Lesions	CG	VG	QG	CSG	QCSG
Hydropic degeneration	1 (1-2)	1 (1-2)	1 (1-2)	3 (1-3)	1 (1-3)
Sinusoidal congestion/hyperemia	0	0 (0-1)	0 (0-1)	2 (0-3)^abc	0 (0-1)^d
Inflammatory reaction	0	0 (0-1)	0 (0-1)	1 (0-3)^abc	0 (0-1)^d

CG: control group; VG: vehicle group; QG: quercetin group; CSG: cigarette smoke group; QCSG: quercetin and cigarette smoke group. ^a represents a significant difference between CSG when compared to CG; ^b represents a significant difference between CSG when compared to VG; ^c represents a significant difference between CSG when compared to QG; ^d represents a significant difference between groups when compared to CSG. Sinusoidal congestion/hyperemia (). Inflammation reaction (). The data were analyzed by Kruskal-Wallis followed by Dunn’s posttest ( animals per group).