Research Article

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

Table 8

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

Histopathological changesScoreNormal controlNAPAPNAPAP+MPHENAPAP+hesperidinNAPAP+quercetin

Inflammation06 (100%)5 (83.3%)4 (66.7)5 (83.3%)
I1 (16.7%)1 (16.7%)1 (16.7%)1 (16.7%)
II2 (33.3%)1 (16.7%)
III3 (50%)
Necrosis06 (100%)6 (100%)5 (83.3%)6 (100%)
I1 (16.7%)1 (16.7%)
II1 (16.7%)
III4 (66.7)
Activated apoptosis06 (100%)1 (16.7%)6 (100%)5 (83.3%)6 (100%)
I5 (83.3%)1 (16.7%)
II
III
Congestion of renal blood vessels06 (100%)6 (100%)4 (66.7%)4 (66.7%)
I2 (33.3%)2 (33.3%)
II2 (33.3%)
III4 (66.7)

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