Fig. 8.
Histopathological evaluation of the spleen using Giemsa stain. Group 1, ‘Control’: oral feeding with twice-distilled water; Group 2, ‘Glucan’: oral feeding with Ganoderma lucidum beta-glucan; Group 3, ‘Cholesterol’: a diet of 2% cholesterol with purified sodium cholate; Group 4, ‘Glucan/Cholesterol’: a diet of 2% cholesterol with purified sodium cholate and 100 μL of 8 mg/mL mushroom beta-glucan