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. 2023 Mar 6;31(3):1361–1372. doi: 10.1007/s10787-023-01156-6

Fig. 6.

Fig. 6

Effect of treatment with protocatechuic acid on lung histopathology. a Lung sections from normal control rats showed no histopathological alteration and the normal histological structure of the bronchioles and the surrounding air alveoli were recorded. b Cyclophosphamide group showed collapse and emphysema were detected in the air alveoli associated with bronchiolar epithelium hyperplasia and inflammatory cells infiltration in between all. c Protocatechuic acid 50 group showing congestion in the blood vessels associated with emphysema of the air alveoli. The bronchioles showed moderate epithelial lining hyperplasia with inflammatory cells infiltration in the bronchiolar lumen. d Protocatechuic acid 100 group showed less inflammatory cells infiltration in the bronchiolar lumen (H&E X 200)