Research Article

[Retracted] Preventive Effects of Mandarin Fruit Peel Hydroethanolic Extract, Hesperidin, and Quercetin on Acetaminophen-Induced Hepatonephrotoxicity in Wistar Rats

Table 7

Effect of MPHE, hesperidin, and quercetin on histopathological scores of livers of NAPAP-administered rats.

Histopathological changesScoreNormal controlNAPAPNAPAP+MPHENAPAP+hesperidinNAPAP+quercetin

Inflammation06 (100%)2 (33.3%)4 (66.7)4 (66.7)
I1 (16.7%)2 (33.3%)2 (33.3%)1 (16.7%)
II3 (50%)2 (33.3%)1 (16.7%)
III2 (33.3%)
Necrosis06 (100%)5 (83.3%)2 (33.3%)4 (66.7)
I1 (16.7%)1 (16.7%)2 (33.3%)2 (33.3%)
II2 (33.3%)1 (16.7%)
III3 (50%)1 (16.7%)
Activated apoptosis06 (100%)3 (50%)2 (33.3%)5 (83.3%)
I1 (16.7%)3 (50%)4 (66.7)1 (16.7%)
II4 (66.7)
III1 (16.7%)
Vacuolar degeneration06 (100%)2 (33.3%)
I1 (16.7%)1 (16.7%)1 (16.7%)3 (50%)
II2 (33.3%)3 (50%)
III5 (83.3%)3 (50%)3 (50%)
Vascular congestion06 (100%)3 (50%)2 (33.3%)4 (66.7%)
I2 (33.3%)3 (50%)3 (50%)2 (33.3%)
II2 (33.3%)1 (16.7%)
III2 (33.3%)
Stimulated Kupffer cell proliferation06 (100%)3 (15.0%)1 (16.7%)3 (15.0%)
I1 (16.7%)2 (33.3%)3 (15.0%)
II2 (33.3%)2 (33.3%)2 (33.3%)
III4 (66.7%)1 (16.7%)

0: null; I: mild; II: moderate; III: severe lesions. The number of animals in each group is 6. The % in parentheses is the percent of animals in each grade of lesion.