Figure 5.

Representative photographs of sections of renal tissue from rats treated for 28 days with: (A) saline (control), (B) adenine injected intraperitoneally, i.p., (50 mg/Kg), (C) adenine i.p. (50 mg/kg) + GA (15% w/v, in drinking water), (D) adenine i.p. (100 mg/Kg), and (E) adenine i.p. (100 mg/kg) + GA as above. The photographs show the presence of tubular dilatation (thick black arrow), glomeruli with mesangial expansion (thick white arrow), inflammation (circles), tubular atrophy (thin arrow), and glomeruli showing capillary widening (asterisk). Staining was carried out with periodic acid-Schiff stain.