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Fig. 2

From: Glucose and lipid lowering effects of Enhydra fluctuans extract in cadmium treated normal and type-2 diabetic model rats

Fig. 2

Histopathological observation of heart samples. Histopathological observation of heart in the study groups a N-C group showed normal myocardial fibers with membrane integrity (Green arrow) (H&E × 20); b N-Cd group showed inflammation (Red arrow), severe loss of myocardial fibers and hyalinization (Yellow arrow), and fatty changes (White arrow) (H&E × 20); c N-P group showed normal myocytes (Green arrow), mild inflammation (Red arrow) and low fat deposition (White arrow) (H&E × 40); d N-PCd group showed inflammation (Red arrow), less irregularity of myofibrils (Yellow arrow), fat deposition (White arrow), nuclear pyknosis and necrosis (Blue arrow) (H&E × 20); e DM-P group showed mild inflammation (Red arrow) including fatty changes (White arrow), and normal myocardial fibers (Green arrow) (H&E × 20); f DM-PCd group showed less inflammatory cells (Red arrow), vacuolization of cytoplasm (Black arrow), myocardial fibers loss (Yellow arrow), steatosis (White arrow) and less necrosis (Blue arrow) (H&E × 20)

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