Fermented Wheat Germ Extract (Avemar) in the Treatment of Cardiac Remodeling and Metabolic Symptoms in Rats

Figure 4

Picrosirius red staining of left ventricular interstitial collagen deposition in corn starch (16 weeks) (a), CAF + BT (8 weeks) (b), CAF + BT (16 weeks) (c) and CAF + BT + AVE (16 weeks) (d)-treated rats and hematoxylin and eosin staining of infiltrating inflammatory cells of left ventricular interstitial region (magnification, ×40) CS (16 weeks) (e), CAF + BT (8 weeks) (f), CAF + BT (16 weeks) (g) and CAF + BT + AVE (16 weeks)-treated (h) rats; collagen is stained light red.

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