Table 1 Degree of liver fibrosis in each group.

From: Quercetin prevents hepatic fibrosis by inhibiting hepatic stellate cell activation and reducing autophagy via the TGF-β1/Smads and PI3K/Akt pathways

Group(CCl4)

N

Degree of liver fibrosis according to score

0

1

2

3

4

Mean

vehicle

8

8

0

0

0

0

0

CCl4 model

8

0

0

2

2

4

3.25*

CCl4 + QE100

8

0

1

3

3

1

2.5#

CCl4 + QE200

8

0

2

4

2

0

2$

Group(BDL)

N

Degree of liver fibrosis according to score

0

1

2

3

4

Mean

sham

8

8

0

0

0

0

0

BDL model

8

0

0

0

3

5

3.625*

BDL + QE100

8

0

0

4

3

1

2.625#

BDL + QE200

8

0

2

3

3

0

2.125$

  1. Notes: *P < 0.05 for sham or vehicle versus model group, #P < 0.05 for BDL(CCl4) + QE100 versus model groups, and $P < 0.05 for BDL(CCl4) + QE200 versus model groups.