Fig. 10.

Effect of metformin on hepatic fibrosis in the liver of HF diet fed rats. A, Control; B HF; C, Control + Met; D, HF + Met; E, % of fibrosis is shown in different groups. Liver sections were taken from three rats per group and pictures were taken from five random areas from each section (15 random areas from each group) (please see materials and methods). One-way ANOVA followed by Tukey post hoc test was done for statistical comparison. Values are considered significant at p < 0.05 and marked as asterisk mark. * is significant at p < 0.05 and ** is significant at p < 0.001.