Efficiency of Double Layered Microencapsulated Probiotic to Modulate ProInflammatory Molecular Markers for the Management of Alcoholic Liver Disease
Figure 5
Representative photomicrographs of hematoxylin-eosin stained rat liver sections. (a) Normal rat liver (100x); ((b), (c)) liver section from rat administered 10–14 g/kg of body weight of 35% alcohol orally for 12 weeks showing vacuolar degeneration, microvesicular fatty change, focal collection of lymphocytes, and vascular congestion (200x, 400x), respectively; (d) photomicrograph of alcohol administered cosupplemented with free probiotic group showing normal histology with little hyperplasia of Kupffer cells (100x); (e) photomicrograph of alcohol administered cosupplemented with encapsulated probiotic group showing normal histology (100x); (f) photomicrograph of free probiotic per se group showing normal histology (100x); (g) encapsulated probiotic per se group showing normal histology (100x).
