Gastrointestinal and Hepatotoxicity Assessment of an Anticancer Extract from Muricid Molluscs
Figure 3
Transverse sections of colon abscesses stained with haematoxylin. (a) Proximal colon abscess in a control mouse (0.0 mg/g muricid extract) characterised by chronic inflammation and crypt atrophy, and (b) a distal colon abscess with mild inflammation and localised crypt atrophy in a mouse administered 1.0 mg/g muricid extract. Abbreviations: C, crypt; IF, inflammatory infiltrate; LU, lumen; MS, muscularis. Scale bars = 100 μm.
