Research Article

Evaluation of the Acute Hepatoprotective Potential of Hydroethanolic Extract of Duranta erecta L. Parts

Table 4

Scoring of lesions.

GroupScoreLesion

Normal0No observable lesion
CCl44Hepatocellular atrophy and coagulation necrosis of hepatocytes with some inflammatory cells
Para only2Moderate centrilobular hepatocellular and cord atrophy
CCl4 + Sily2Moderate centrilobular hepatocellular degeneration and a few regenerative hepatocytes
Para + Sily0No observable lesion
DRR + CCl43Diffused vacuolar degeneration, Kupffer cell hyperplasia, moderate perivascular infiltrates in portal tract
DRR + Para0No observable lesion