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. 2011 Jun 4;7(6):715–728. doi: 10.7150/ijbs.7.715

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(A to M): Photomicrograph of pups' rat eye lens. A and B: Control showing normal lens fibers. C: Protected Morus alba showing normal pattern-like control. D and E: Maternally diabetic showing postcapsular cataract. F: Maternally diabetic and protected by Morus alba showing amelioration of lens structures. G and H: Maternally hypercholesterolemic showing foamy cell infiltration forming nuclear cataract. I: Maternally hypercholesterolemic and protected by Morus alba showing amelioration. J and K: Maternally diabetic and hypercholesterolemic showing neomoon postcapsular cataract. L and M: Maternally diabetic and hypercholesterolemic and protected by Morus alba showing fine reticular structures of lens compared with severe cataract. (Abbreviations: NL, Normal lens; EC, Epithelial cells; Fce, Foam cells; CeC, crescent cataract; NC, Nuclear cataract; PCC, postcapsular cataract; RLF, reticular lens fiber).