Zingiber officinale Roscoe Prevents DNA Damage and Improves Muscle Performance and Bone Integrity in Old Sprague Dawley Rats

Figure 10

Cross section of H&E-stained rat muscle fibres and fascicles of the quadriceps femoris muscle. Rats treated with distilled water: (a) young, (b) adult, and (c) old control groups. Rats treated with Z. officinale: (d) young-, (e) adult-, and (f) old-treated groups. Each muscle fibre was surrounded by epimysium (black arrow), and the muscle fascicle was surrounded by abundant connective tissue (★). Dilated blood vessel is shown by blue double arrows. Images were photographed at 400x magnification.

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