Effects of methyl palmitate and lutein on LPS-induced acute lung injury in rats

Table 1 Effect of methyl palmitate and lutein on lung histopathology of the lung in lipopolysaccharide -induced acute lung injury in rats

Groups	Severity of lesion grade						Average severity grade	Distribution of lesion grade						Average distribution grade
	0	1	2	3	4	5		0	1	2	3	4	5
Control	3	3	0	0	0	0	0.5 ± 0.2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0.500 ± 0.224
LPS	0	0	0	3	3	0	3.5 ± 0.2b	0	0	0	3	3	0	3.5 ± 0.2bd
Methyl palmitate + LPS	0	1	5	0	0	0	1.83 ± 0.17bd	0	0	6	0	0	0	2.0 ± 0.0bd
Lutein + LPS	0	0	3	3	0	0	2.5 ± 0.2bd	0	0	5	1	0	0	2.17 ± 0.17bd

Values represent the mean ± SE of 6 rats/group.

^bP < 0.01 vs the control group;

^dP < 0.01 vs the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) group (one way ANOVA followed by Tukey-Kramer’s multiple comparisons test).