Aqueous Extract of Agaricus blazei Murrill Prevents Age-Related Changes in the Myenteric Plexus of the Jejunum in Rats

Table 4

Intestinal morphometry: total wall (TW), mucosa (MC), and muscle (MM) tunicae, villus height (VH), crypt depth (CD), metaphase index (MetI), and number of goblet cells (GLC) in the jejunum in aging rats (C7, C12, and C23 groups) and aging rats supplemented with the aqueous extract of A. blazei (CA12 and CA23 groups). The results are expressed as mean ± standard error.

	C7	C12	CA12	C23	CA23
TW (µm)	835.13 ± 1.97a^*	760.65 ± 2.32b	805.95 ± 3.11c	802.91 ± 6.52c	806.29 ± 2.86c
MC (µm)	700.85 ± 2.20a	639.61 ± 2.24b	674.99 ± 3.24c	648.92 ± 5.56b	641.19 ± 2.19b
MM (µm)	100.8 ± 0.59a	101.1 ± 0.89a	98.61 ± 0.67a	103.2 ± 0.82a	113.9 ± 1.13b
VH (µm)	494.03 ± 1.75a	449.10 ± 2.52b	464.42 ± 2.36c	458.05 ± 3.23c	420.02 ± 2.91d
CD (µm)	274.20 ± 1.72a	218.61 ± 1.15b	212.31 ± 1.14c	244.00 ± 1.56d	235.50 ± 1.36e
MetI (%)	7.59 ± 0.35a	6.78 ± 0.57a	6.74 ± 0.34a	7.42 ± 0.52a	7.53 ± 0.32a
GLC^#	72.09 ± 2.49a	75.34 ± 2.99a	74.48 ± 2.59a	53.07 ± 1.88b	60.98 ± 1.86b

Different letters in the same line indicate significant statistical difference (). ^#Values expressed as goblet cells per field.