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Fig. 5 | BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Fig. 5

From: The antifibrotic and fibrolytic properties of date fruit extract via modulation of genotoxicity, tissue-inhibitor of metalloproteinases and nuclear factor- kappa B pathway in a rat model of hepatotoxicity

Fig. 5

Light microscopic photomicrographs of liver tissue immunostained with primary anti α-SMA antibody (Scale bar = 50 μm). Panel a represents liver section from control rat showing normal positive immune reactivity of smooth muscle of the blood vessels of the portal area without immune staining positivity in between hepatocytes, while Panel b represents liver section of rat received CCl4 in which strong abnormal distributed immune reactivity, especially around degenerated hepatocytes, is prominent. Panels c d and e represent liver sections from rats received DFE, DPE and coffee, respectively, showing marked decrease of the immune reactivity outside portal areas especially in the group received DFE

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