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Figure 7

From: Pretreatment of Gymnema sylvestre revealed the protection against acetic acid-induced ulcerative colitis in rats

Figure 7

Histopathological sections of colons from rats stained with H&E (400X). Colonic microscopic image of [A] Normal rat colon from Cont group with intact mucosal layer and epithelial; [B] AA treated rat colon with diffused active colitis, extensive damage including edema in submucosa and chronic inflammatory cells infiltrate with widely ulcerating mucosa, and hemorrhages; [C, D & E] dose dependent reparative epithelial changes and ulcer healing with lymphoid follicle in colon of GS treated rats (50, 100 and 200 mg/kg , respectively); [F] attenuated cell damage with complete ulcer healing in MES treated group.

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