Figure 2

Photomicrographs showing the liver of the experimental rats (A - normoglycaemic rats, B – test group I, C – diabetic negative control, D – test group II and E – diabetic positive control) stained with Gordon and Sweets reticulin stain. Note the reticular fibres (stained black) lining the sinusoids (arrow) where they are between plates of liver cells (stained yellow) and also form a dense network (star) around the central vein (CV). The reticular fibres are well stained in the liver section of groups A, B and D rats. However, in groups C and E liver, the reticular fibres are poorly stained except where they form dense network around the central vein.