Fig. 6

Morphology of mast cells in intestinal mucosa. A Toluidine blue staining revealing mast cells in the mucosa of animals from control group (a), WAS group (b), SGD group (c) and Dicetel group (d), (×200). B–D Quantification of mast cell characteristics in the mucosa and sub mucosa of colon. ^aP < 0.05 compared to the control group; ^bP < 0.05 compared to the WAS group; ^cP > 0.05 compared to the SGD group. n = 10 per group