Research Article

Effects of Long-Term Administration of Gardeniae Fructus on Intra-Abdominal Organs of Rats

Table 2

Individual histopathological findings in female rats during the 3-month recovery period.

DoseControl1% GF2% GF
Rat ID no.5152535455565758596072737475767778798285868890
Tissue observation

Ileum (H&E and Masson trichrome staining)
Colon
 Deposit, eosinophilic, lamina propria1
 Fibrosis, mesocolon, perivenus region1
 Fibrosis, lamina propria (Masson trichrome staining)1
Mesentery (H&E and Masson trichrome staining)
Spleen
 Decreased pigmentation (hemosiderin)21
 Increased extramedullary hematopoiesis1
 Decreased lymphoid cell PALS1
Liver
 Cell infiltration (lymphoid cell), periportal121111
 Pigmentation (brown, granular), hepatocyte1111111111111
 Atrophy, hepatocyte, centrilobular11211
 Decreased vacuole, periportal hepatocyte12
 Vacuolation, hepatocellurar, focal1
 Vacuolation, hepatocellurar, periportal1111111
 Regeneration, hepatocellular, focal1111111111111
Adrenal
 Congestion/hemorrhage, cortex1
Kidney
 Mineralization, corticomedullary junction2111112211121122122
 Pigmentation (brown, granular), proximal tubule1111111121212
 Cast, focalPPPPPP2
 Fibrosis, cortex, focal1
 Chronic progressive nephritis1

— : no remarkable changes; 1 : minimal; 2 : mild; P : present. Rat ID numbers : 51–60 (control), 72–79 (1% GF), and 82–90 (2% GF).