Fig. 3.

Effect of CCP and SPP on histopathological features of the liver. Representative photograph of H&E staining of liver sections from each group of mice: ND – normal diet; HFD – high fat diet; HFD-CCP – high fat diet with 10% commercial citrus pectin; HFD-SPP – high fat diet with 10% ‘saba’ peel pectin. Liver histopathology showed that the HFD-CCP and HFD-SPP groups only had occasional fat deposits as compared with the HFD group which showed mild infiltration of fat deposits in the liver parenchyma and mild necrosis in the hepatocytes. The ND group showed normal appearance of the liver architecture with no fat deposits observed. Liver sections from HFD-SPP and HFD-CCP groups did not significantly differ from each other, morphologically.