Figure 8.

Light micrographs showing a liver section of rat (Two histological slides from each block from each rat were stained with Masson's trichrome; n = 10). (A) control liver showing very thin blue color of collagen fibers surrounding the central vein (Cv) (black arrows). Inset: binuclear hepatocyte (arrow), glycogen (G). (B) CCl₄ treated group, showing fibrosis in which extended collagen fibers (blue color) extended between two adjacent central veins (Cv), collapsed blood sinusoid (asterisk). (C) CCl₄ treated group, showing fatty liver; hepatocytes with pyknotic nuclei (N).Notice, no distinct cell boundaries. (D) Strawberry treated group, showing hepatocytes with intense acidophilic cytoplasm (asterisk), and normal distribution of blue color collagen fibers around central vein (Cv) more or less similar to control; blood sinusoids (Bs). (E) Showing recovery of hepatic tissue of CCl₄ and strawberry treated group. Notice, a faint thin blue layer of collagen fibers (black arrows) around the central vein (Cv). Inset: hepatocytes with euchromatic nuclei (N) and granular cytoplasm.