Figure 3.

Influence of curcumin on pathological structure of kidney in mice subjected to AFB1 exposure: (a) changes in the renal slices (magnification × 200, scale bars = 50 μm). The arrows “→” represent pathological damage in the kidney. Black arrows indicate atrophy, and degeneration of the glomeruli; yellow arrows indicate swelling, and hyperplasia of the wall of the Bowman’s capsule; red arrows indicate congestion of the renal interstitium; blue arrows indicate detachment of renal tubular epithelial cells; (b) representative ultrastructure pictures of kidney in five groups (magnification× 20,000, scale bars = 1 μm). Black arrows indicate increased nuclear pores; green arrows show cytoplasmic vacuolation; blue arrows show chromatin margination; red arrows represent nuclear pyknosis and irregularities; yellow arrows indicate blurring or even disappearance of mitochondrial cristae.