Therapeutic effects of Clostridium butyricum on experimental colitis induced by oxazolone in rats

Figure 1 Histopathological sections of colons from oxazolone-induced rat colitis. Panel A, C, D, and E: Twenty-one days after establishment of model; B: Day 3 after establishment of model (HE × 50). A: Negative control; B: Positive control; C: Probiotic (C. butyricum) group; D: Mesalamine group; E: Sodium butyrate group.

Figure 2 Effect on CGRP expression in treated or untreated rat experimental colitis induced with oxazolone. M: MW marker; 1: Negative control; 2: Positive control; 3: C. butyricum; 4: Mesalamine; 5: Sodium butyrate.