Fig. 4.

Protective efficacy of QUE against DON induced detrimental changes in the micro-morphology of SH-SY5Y cells for 24 h. Control cells depict healthy morphology. The cells treated with 1 mM of QUE exhibit healthy morphology. Whereas, cells treated with DON (100 µM) exhibit altered morphology, i.e. loss of cell integrity and density, and formation of apoptotic bodies. Remarkably, cells pre-treated with QUE (1 mM) and followed by exposed to DON (100 µM) present restored healthy cell morphology and density. The images were captured at a magnification of 400x.