Resistant Maltodextrin Alleviates Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Induced Intestinal Inflammatory Injury by Increasing Butyric Acid to Inhibit Proinflammatory Cytokine Levels

Table 2

Parameters and criteria of histological damage evaluation^1,2.

Parameters	Score	Histological features
	0	No change
(1) Loss of epithelial surface	1	Localized and mild
(2) Destruction of crypt	2	Localized and moderate
(3) Infiltration of inflammatory cells	3	Localized and severe
	4	Extensive and moderate
	5	Extensive and severe

¹The histological score was the sum of scoring from parameters (1), (2), and (3). ²Adapted from Ji et al. [5].