Effect of Emodin on Preventing Postoperative Intra-Abdominal Adhesion Formation

Figure 4

Emodin treatment alleviates oxidative stress and inhibits inflammation in rats seven days after the operation (; compared with the control group, and ). (a) Emodin-treated groups had lower expression levels of ROS (total , abnormally distributed, Kruskal-Wallis test). (b) HE staining of the different groups. The magnification is 100×. (c) The scores of the inflammatory response determined by HE staining in the different groups (total , abnormally distributed, Kruskal-Wallis test). (d) ELISA results showing the TGF-β1 levels in the blood on the seventh day after operation (total , abnormally distributed, Kruskal-Wallis test). (e) ELISA results showing the IL-6 levels in the blood on the seventh day after operation (total , abnormally distributed, Kruskal-Wallis test).

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