Research Article

Antioxidant and Hepatoprotective Effects of Fig Fruit Extract with Olive Oil and Date-Palm Fruit Extract on Hepatic Toxicity of Oral Subchronic Exposure to Some Nanoparticles in Wistar Rats

Table 3

The effects of fig with olive oil and date-palm fruit extract on the liver histopathological results of male rats treated with silicon oxide nanoparticles, aluminum oxide nanoparticles, or zinc oxide nanoparticles for 75 days.

Portal tractPeri-venular area
PVInflammatory infiltrateEdemaHepatocytesCVBlood sinusoidsHepatocytesInflammatory infiltrate

Control00000000
SiO2NPs++0++++++++0
FOD-SiO2NPs+0++0000
Al2O3NPs++0+0000
FOD-Al2O3NPs00000+00
ZnONPs0+0++0+0
FOD-ZnONPs000000+0

FOD, fig with olive oil and date-palm fruit extracts; SiO2NPs, silicon oxide nanoparticles; Al2O3NPs, aluminum oxide nanoparticles; ZnONPs, zinc oxide nanoparticles. Portal tract: portal vein (PV): 0: average, +: mildly dilated/congested, ++: markedly dilated/congested. Inflammatory infiltrate: 0: no, +: mild, ++: moderate/marked. Edema: 0: no, +: mild, ++: moderate/marked. Hepatocytes: 0: average, +: few/scattered apoptoses, ++: marked apoptosis. Peri-venular area: central vein: 0: average, +: mildly dilated/congested, ++: markedly dilated/congested. Blood sinusoids: 0: average, +: mildly dilated/congested, ++: markedly dilated/congested. Hepatocytes: 0: average, +: few/scattered apoptoses, ++: marked apoptosis. Inflammatory infiltrate: 0: no, +: mild, ++: moderate/marked.