Research Article
Anti-Inflammatory, Antioxidant, and Healing-Promoting Effects of Aloe vera Extract in the Experimental Colitis in Rats
Table 1
Criteria for scoring of gross morphologic damage [
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| Score | Gross morphology |
| 0 | No damage | 1 | Localized hyperemia, but no ulcers or erosions | 2 | Ulcers or erosions with no significant inflammation | 3 | Ulcers or erosions with inflammation at one site | 4 | Two or more sites of ulceration and/or inflammation | 5 | Two or more major sites of inflammation and ulceration or one major site of inflammation and ulceration extending >1 cm along the length of the colon |
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