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. 2016 Feb 24;10:799–810. doi: 10.2147/DDDT.S99670

Figure 6.

Figure 6

Effect of TSD on renal immunohistochemical stain of collagen IV in diabetic rats.

Notes: The brown area was the positive expression area, enlarging 400× under light microscope. (A) NC group, (B) DC group, (C) Met group, (D) TSD-40 group, (E) TSD-80 group, (F) TSD-160 group, and (G) IOD of collagen IV. Values are presented as mean ± SD for eight rats in each group. *P<0.01 as compared with the normal control group. **P<0.05 as compared with the diabetic control group. ***P<0.01 as compared with the diabetic control group.

Abbreviations: IOD, integrated optical density; NC, normal control group; DC, diabetic control group; Met, metformin hydrochloride group; TSD, total saponin of Dioscorea hypoglaucae Palibin.