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. 2014 Feb 27;4(1):21–27. doi: 10.5681/bi.2014.001

Fig. 1 .


Fig. 1

Photomicrographs of sections of rat cardiac apexes. A) Normal control. B) Sham (MV 40 mg/kg). C) Isoproterenol (Iso). D) Iso and MV (10 mg/kg/day). E) Iso and MV (20 mg/kg/day). F) Iso and MV (40 mg/kg/day). Heart tissue of a rat subcutaneously injected with Iso shows intensive cardiomyocyte fibrosis (blue) and increased edematous intramuscular space. Treatment with M. vulgare (MV) extract significantly prevented the fibrosis. Gomori Trichrome (40 M).