Fig. 2

Assessment of atherosclerosis in high fat diet fed quails and the effects of AREs. Four weeks old male quails were fed with high fat diet (1 % cholesterol and 14 % pork oil, w/w) for ten weeks and then aorta were collected, fixed in 4 % formaldehyde for 24 h, then embedded in paraffin, sectioned transversally on a rotary microtome (Leica RM2016) at 6 μm and stained with hematoxlin and eosin following manufacturer’s protocol. a Representative pictures of aorta sections stained with hematoxylin and eosin