Research Article
Anti-Inflammatory, Antioxidant, and Healing-Promoting Effects of Aloe vera Extract in the Experimental Colitis in Rats
Table 2
Criteria for histological scoring of damage.
| Appearance | Score |
| Loss of mucosal architecture | 0, 1, 2, or 3 (absent, mild, or severe) | Cellular infiltration | 0, 1, 2, or 3 (absent, mild, or extensive) | Muscle thickening | 0, 1, 2, or 3 (absent, mild, or extensive) | Crypt abscess formation | 0 or 1 (absent or present) | Goblet cell depletion | 0 or 1 (absent or present) | Total | Summation |
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