The Protective Effect of Naringin against Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis in Wistar Rats

Figure 5

Toluidine blue staining for mast cell analysis. (a) Control group: no mast cell was seen; (b) bleomycin group: dense mast cell accumulation; (c) bleomycin + naringin 40 group: reduced mast cells; (d) bleomycin + naringin 80 group: considerably reduced mast cells; (e) bar graph shows the quantitative mast cell counts in each group of animals. Data are given as mean ± S.D. from six rats in each group, , compared with control group; , compared with bleomycin group. Arrows show mast cells stained with toluidine blue. For statistical analysis, one-way ANOVA test followed by Tukey-Kramer multiple comparison test was used.

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