Figure 3
From: Toxicological studies of stem bark extract from Schefflera barteri Harms (Araliaceae)
Histology of organs of the control rats and those exposed ofSchefflera barterifor 28 days. The organs of the rats exposed S. barteri extract showed: Light vacuole-like space (l) and congestions (c) in liver, inflammations (i), peri-portal /peri-bronchial and leucocytes infiltration (i f ) in both the liver and lungs, fusion (f u ) of basal membranes of seminar tubes (m) in testis; congestion of glomeruli and widening of the urinary space, normal spleen and ovary. Histological analysis of the organs of the control rats showed normal structure: hepatocytes (h), alveols (a), bronchi (b), glomeruli (g), membrane, follicle (f).