Assessment of the Protective Effect of Lepidium sativum against Aluminum-Induced Liver and Kidney Effects in Albino Rat
Figure 1
Sections of kidney of control rats (a) and rats receiving LS show intact renal cortex with intact renal corpuscle (arrows) and renal tubules. Renal cortex of rats receiving AlCl3 (b-d) showing shrunken renal corpuscles (arrows) with marked hypocellularity and atrophied glomeruli. Renal tubules showed dilated lumina with hyaline casts (bifid arrows) and in some of them appear completely distorted (dotted arrows). Renal cortex of rats receiving AlCl3 then LS (e) showing intact renal corpuscles with preserved cellularity (arrow) and intact renal tubules apart from few with dilated lumina and hyaline casts (thin arrows). Renal cortex of rats receiving AlCl3 plus LS (f) showing intact structure of renal cortex (H&E X 400, Bar=100). LS: Lepidium sativum.