Figure 3.

Effects of commercial (citrus) and lemon IntegroPectin (lemon) pectins on neuronal cell morphology in pretreatment and co-treatment: (a) Representative morphological images of the pretreatment of untreated cells (Ctrl) or treated with pectins or with H₂O₂ alone or in combination with pectins; examples of cell debris are indicated by arrows; (b) Histogram of the pretreatment of untreated cells (Ctrl) or treated or with H₂O₂ alone or in combination with pectins, cell body area; (c) Histogram of the pretreatment of untreated cells (Ctrl) or treated or with H₂O₂ alone or in combination with pectins, number of cells debris; (d) Representative morphological images of co-treatment of untreated cells (Ctrl) or treated with pectins or with H₂O₂ alone or in combination with pectins; examples of cell debris are indicated by arrows; (e) Histogram of the co-treatment of untreated cells (Ctrl) or treated or with H₂O₂ alone or in combination with pectins, cell body area; (f) Histogram of the co-treatment of untreated cells (Ctrl) or treated or with H₂O₂ alone or in combination with pectins, number of cells debris. Bar: 50 μm. Tukey test: ## p < 0.01, ### p < 0.001 as compared to control (Ctrl) group; * p < 0.05, *** p < 0.001.