The Effect of Prickly Pear, Pumpkin, and Linseed Oils on Biological Mediators of Acute Inflammation and Oxidative Stress Markers

Figure 11

The histological features of the skin sections (×400) of each group stained with hematoxylin-eosin five hours after carrageenan induction. (yellow star): edema; (yellow arrow): dilated vessel; (yellow slant arrow): inflammatory nucleus; (yellow triangle): vacuum cells. (a) Histological section of a normal skin area of representative control rat (control group); (b) histological section of representative normal saline-treated rat (group 2); (c) histological section of representative “Inflocine®”-treated rat (group3); (d) histological section of representative pumpkin oil-treated rat (group 4); (e) histological section of representative linseed oil-treated rat (group 5); (f) histological section of representative prickly pear oil-treated rat (group 6).

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