Research Article

Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Anacardium occidentale L. and Anacardium microcarpum D. Extracts on the Liver of IL-10 Knockout Mice

Table 2

Effects of treatment with A. occidentale and A. microcarpum on histopathological analysis of the livers of IL-10 knockout mice treated with Paracetamol® and A. occidentale and A. microcarpum extracts.

G1G2G3G4G5G6

Infl. infil.6.60 ± 0.89a,c5.00 ± 1.58a4.16 ± 1.47a,c7.50 ± 1.04a,b4.33 ± 0.51b4.50 ± 2.16b
Nucl. vol.6.50 ± 1.12a,c3.30 ± 1.03a,c2.00 ± 0.89a,c8.50 ± 1.04a,b2.80 ± 0.98b2.00 ± 0.63b
Sin. cong.6.16 ± 1.94a6.30 ± 1.03a7.30 ± 1.50a8.70 ± 1.36a4.16 ± 2.78b5.50 ± 2.07
Colest.1.83 ± 1.16a1.00 ± 1.26a1.50 ± 0.83a6.83 ± 0.98a,b0.66 ± 0.51b1.16 ± 1.60b

Infl. infil., inflammatory infiltrate; Nucl. vol., nuclear volume; Sin. cong., sinusoidal congestion; Colest., cholestasis; different letters in columns denote statistic differences between the groups ().One-way ANOVA statistical test and Tukey test. G1, control; G2, A. occidentale; G3, A. microcarpum; G4, Paracetamol®; G5, Paracetamol® + A. occidentale; G6, Paracetamol® + A. microcarpum.