Figure 10.

The effects of Ecklonia cava (EC) extract on adipocyte accumulation in hepatic tissue, epididymal, and mesenteric adipose tissues (hematoxylin and eosin staining, 10× magnification). The figure shows hepatic tissue, epididymal and mesenteric adipose tissues (from top to bottom) from different groups, including normal diet group (NC), a high-fat diet group (HFD), or groups fed with EC-HFD at different doses of 125 mg (T1), 250 mg (T2), and 500 mg (T3) per kg B.W (moving from left to right). An image of the hepatic tissue of a rat from the HFD group shows fewer/absence of lipid droplets (yellow arrow) in treated groups as compared to the high-fat diet group. Moreover, adipose tissue histology shows a small-sized large number of adipocytes in treated groups as compared to the high-fat diet group.