Figure 4.

Haematoxylin and eosin staining of liver indicating inflammatory cells as dark spots marked by arrow and fat vacuoles marked as “f”) (A–D; magnification ×20; scale bar = 200 µm); picrosirius red staining of liver indicating collagen deposition as red stain around blood vessels marked by arrows (E–H; magnification ×12.6; scale bar = 100 µm); and oil red O stain of liver showing fat droplets in red (I–L; magnification ×12.6; scale bar = 200 µm). Corn starch diet-fed rats (A,E,I), corn starch diet-fed rats treated with Garcinia dulcis rind powder (B,F,J), high-carbohydrate, high-fat diet-fed rats (C,G,K) and high-carbohydrate, high-fat diet-fed rats treated with Garcinia dulcis rind powder (D,H,L).