Efficiency of Barley Bran and Oat Bran in Ameliorating Blood Lipid Profile and the Adverse Histological Changes in Hypercholesterolemic Male Rats
Figure 4
(a) Cardiac tissues of control group showing normal structure of cardiac muscles consist of muscle fibers (arrows), (b) cardiac tissues of hypercholesterolemia group showing increased hyalinization (short arrow) with cardiac muscles damage (long arrow) and necrosis of muscle fibers (curved arrow), (c) cardiac tissues pretreated with oat bran shows minimal cardiac muscles damage with most normal tissues (arrows), and (d) pretreated with barley bran showing disappearance of pathological changes with normal cardiac tissue (arrows). ×200 (H&E stains).
