Research Article

Attenuating Effect of Ginkgo biloba Leaves Extract on Liver Fibrosis Induced by Thioacetamide in Mice

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Photomicrographs of liver sections of normal control mice ((a), ×400) showing normal histological structure; TAA-treated mice ((b) and (c), ×100; (d), (e), and (f), ×400) showing severe damage of liver structure including the formation of pseudolobules with fibrotic septa (arrows); TAA plus G. biloba leaves extract-treated mice ((g), ×100; (h) and (i), ×400) showing disarrangement of hepatic strands and few of fibrotic septa (arrows); G. biloba leaves extract-treated mice ((j), ×400) showing normal histological structure.
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