Gastrointestinal and Hepatotoxicity Assessment of an Anticancer Extract from Muricid Molluscs
Figure 2
Transverse sections of small intestinal abscesses stained with haematoxylin. (a) Duodenal abscess with mild inflammation and localised crypt atrophy in a mouse administered 0.5 mg/g muricid extract, and (b) an abscess in the ileum of a mouse receiving 0.125 mg/g muricid extract characterised by chronic inflammation and extensive crypt and villous atrophy. Abbreviations: A, artery; C, crypt of Lieberkühn; IF, inflammatory infiltrate; LP, lamina propria; LU, lumen; MS, muscularis; V, vein; VIL, villi.
