Toxicity Studies of Ethyl Maltol and Iron Complexes in Mice

Figure 4

Histopathological examination of livers of male and female mice (haematoxylin and eosin, HE ×400) (). means granular denaturation, △ means vacuolar degeneration, and ▼ means haemorrhage. M-1, M-2, M-3, M-4, and M-5 were, respectively, from liver of male control, 1/81, 1/27, 1/9, and 1/3 LD₅₀ treatment groups; F-1, F-2, F-3, F-4, and F-5 were, respectively, from liver of female control, 1/81, 1/27, 1/9, and 1/3 LD₅₀ treatment groups.