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Fig. 7 | Journal of Translational Medicine

Fig. 7

From: The effects of two common edible herbs, Ipomoea aquatica and Enhydra fluctuans, on cadmium-induced pathophysiology: a focus on oxidative defence and anti-apoptotic mechanism

Fig. 7

Histological sections of different tested organs of experimental mice in absence (CdCl2) and presence of AEIA and AEEF. Untreated mice were kept as control to compare the structural changes caused by CdCl2. a Histogram of liver sections; blue and yellow solid arrows represent normal portal vein and hepatocytes, respectively; dotted arrows represent the CdCl2 mediated structural changes of portal veins (blue dotted) and hepatocytes (yellow dotted). b Histogram of kidney sections; green and red solid arrows represent normal glomerular structures and renal tubules, respectively; dotted arrows represent the CdCl2 mediated glomerular hypercellularity (green dotted) and swelling of renal tubules (red dotted). c Histogram of heart sections; red solid arrows indicated normal radiating pattern of cardiac muscle; red dotted arrows showed extensive degeneration in cardiac muscle during CdCl2-intoxication. d Histogram of brain sections; blue arrows represent normal cyto-architecture of brain; dotted arrows represent the CdCl2 mediated development of vacuolated area of degenerated tissues (blue dotted) and diffused edema (yellow dotted). e Histogram of testes sections; green arrows represent normal seminiferous tubules; green dotted arrows represent CdCl2 mediated marked degeneration in the seminiferous tubules in testes section.

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