Table 6.
Histopathological changes in the heart of male rats exposed to γ- rays and the treatment effect of propolis and/or bee venom, based on scoring the severity of the injury.
| Organs Histopathological alteration |
Control | Gamma rays | Normal rats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| γ- rays (6 Gy) | Pr + γ rays | BV + γ rays | Pr + BV + γ rays | Pr (300 mg/kg) | BV (0.05 mg/kg) | Pr + BV (300 + 0.05 mg/kg) | ||||
| Liver | Congestion | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dilatation in bile duct | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Inflammatory cells infiltration in portal area | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fibrosis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kidney | Tubular degeneration | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Focal fibrosis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Focal infiltration cells | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Heart | Infarction areas in myocardium | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Focal hemorrhage in myocardium | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Focal infiltration cells in pericardium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brain | Cerebral cortex | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hippocampus | Nuclear pyknosis and degeneration of the neurons | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Striatum | Nuclear pyknosis of the neurons | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vacuolization of the neurons | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cerebellum | Nuclear pyknosis of the neurons | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Normal (0), moderate (2), mild (1) severe (3).