Enhancement of Lipid Metabolism and Hepatic Stability in Fat-Induced Obese Mice by Fermented Cucurbita moschata Extract

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Haematoxylin and eosin staining of hepatic tissue (40x magnification). Mice fed normal diet (a); high fat diet (b); high fat diet with 0.3% HCA (c); high fat diet with 0.1% FCME (d); high fat diet with 0.3% FCME (e), and high fat diet with 0.5% FCME (f). Well-structured hepatocytes are indicated by green arrows in (a). Blue arrows in (b) indicate hepatocyte lipid inclusion (steatosis) and ballooning. Red arrows in (b) indicate lobular activity. Black arrows in (b), (c), and (d) indicate fat droplets.

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