Chinese Traditional Medicine NiuBeiXiaoHe (NBXH) Extracts Have the Function of Antituberculosis and Immune Recovery in BALB/c Mice

Figure 3

Pathological characteristics of mice treated with NBXH extracts. The right lobe of the lung obtained from the mouse in each group was used to perform the histopathological examination ((a) H&E stain, left lane). The lesion area of the lung was identified as a red color ((a) red, right lane) and analyzed using Image-Pro Plus software (b). Furthermore, the gross pathology of the lung and spleen was also determined, including the nodular lesion score in the lung (c) or spleen (d) according to the evaluation criteria in Table 2. Original magnification times: 40x. All data are shown as (). Differences were considered statistically significant at . vs. Water: ; ; ; ; # vs. INH: ^##; ^###; ^####; § vs. NBXH-H: ^§§; ^§§§§.

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