Germinated brown rice ameliorates obesity in high-fat diet induced obese rats

Table 5 Histopathological scoring of liver in normal weight rats and HFD-induced obese rats with and without treatment of GBR for 8 weeks

Parameter^a	NC	PC	25 T	50 T	100 T
Hepatic steatosis
Microvesicular	-	+++	++	++	++
Macrovesicular	-	+++	++	++	++
Hepatitis	-	-	-	-	-
Haemorrhage	-	-	-	-	-
Hepatocyte necrosis	-	+	-	-	-
Fat cysts	-	-	-	-	-
Perivenular fibrosis	-	-	-	-	-

NC normal diet, PC high-fat diet, 25 T high-fat diet + 25 % GBR, 50 T high-fat diet + 50 % GBR, 100 T high-fat diet + 100 % GBR
^aThe severity was evaluated based on the following scoring scheme: - normal, + mild effect, ++ moderate effect, +++ severe effect

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