Beneficial Effects of Macroporous Resin Extract of Dendrobium candidum Leaves in Rats with Hyperuricemia Induced by a High-Purine Diet

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DLE prevents the kidney and intestine histopathology in hyperuricemic rats at the 9^th week of administration. (a) Kidney damages directly reflected by hematoxylin-eosin (H & E) (x400). (b) Kidney damages directly reflected by Masson (x400). (c) Kidney damages directly reflected by periodic acid-schiff (PAS) (x 400). (d) Intestinal damages directly reflected by H&E (x200). (e) The data of kidney histopathology was semiquantitatively analysed. Normal, the normal control group; model, the model group; DLE-L, low dose of the macroporous resin extract of Dendrobium candidum leaves; DLE-H, high dose of the macroporous resin extract of Dendrobium candidum leaves. (f, g, and h) Villus height, depth of crypt, and ratio of villus height to depth of crypt of intestine. Normal, the normal control group; Model, the model group; DLE-L, low dose of the macroporous resin extract of Dendrobium candidum leaves; DLE-H, high dose of the macroporous resin extract of Dendrobium candidum leaves. The data were expressed as mean ± SD (n = 5). and versus the normal control group; and versus the model group.

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