Effect of honey on bacterial translocation and intestinal morphology in obstructive jaundice

Table 1 Mean number of villi per cm and mean height of mucosa (&mgr;m)

Groups	Mean number of villi per cm	Mean height of mucosa
Sham (Group I)	84.40 ± 3.75b	640.02 ± 43.72
BDL (Group II)	73.01 ± 2.83	567.50 ± 34.54
BDL + Honey (Group III)	81.33 ± 3.46b	625.56 ± 38.77

^bP < 0.01 vs II, P values for mean height of mucosa: 0.002, I vs II; 0.005, II vs III.

Table 2 Bacterial translocation rates of the groups

Groups	Liver	Spleen	MLNs	Blood
Sham (Group I)	0/10 (0.0%)	0/10 (0.0%)	1/10 (10.0%)	0/10 (0.0%)
BDL (Group II)	6/8 (75.0%)	4/8 (50.0%)	7/8 (87.5%)	4/8 (50.0%)
BDL + Honey (Group III)	1/9 (11.1%)	2/9 (22.2%)	2/9 (22.2%)	0/9 (0.0%)
P values
I vs II	0.002	0.023	0.002	0.023
II vs III	0.013	> 0.05	0.012	0.029
I vs III	> 0.05	> 0.05	> 0.05	> 0.05