Figure 4.

Pomegranate extract treatment protected intestinal villi from G. lamblia-induced atrophy. (A) Normally appearing villi in uninfected animals. (B) Villi of infected untreated animals showing atrophy (black arrow), marked infiltration of inflammatory cells mainly lymphocytes in lamina propria (black arrowhead) and numerous flagellated G. lamblia (white arrows). Nearly normally appearing intestinal villi with reduced lymphocyte infiltration and absence of G. lamblia trophozoites in both metronidazole- (C) and pomegranate-treated animals (D). Magnification is 400×.