Figure 5.

The effect of beetroot on the depletion of bone marrow cells induced by 7 Gy irradiation. (a–f) Representative images of H&E stained longitudinal sections from the femurs of (a, b) Naive, (c, d) IR and (e, f) IR + Beetroot groups on day 10 after WBI are shown. Bars =100 μm (a, c, e) and 50 μm (b, d, f). (g) Bone marrow cells were isolated from both femurs of mice of each experimental group 10 days after irradiation and counted in a haemacytometer under an optical microscope. Data are represented as means ± SEM of three independent experiments (*, †p < .05).