The Effect of Vitamin E and Metallothionein on the Antioxidant Capacities of Cadmium-Damaged Liver in Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idellus

Figure 3

Ultrastructural pathology in the livers in different trails on 16th day. M: mitochondria; N: nuclei; ER: endoplasmic reticulum; L: lysosomes, ×10000. (a) The liver of the control group. (b) Ultrastructural changes from the liver in the PBS group showed mitochondria swollen and broken, mitochondrial cristae and the glycogen particles disappeared, and chromatin condensed. Arrowhead: chromatin condensation and nucleolar margination. Arrow: mitochondria enlargement and disintegration. (c)-(d) Ultrastructural changes in VE and MT groups showed mitochondria and chromatin density recovered slowly, and the cell was gradually returning to normal.

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