Lipid-Lowering and Antioxidative Activities of Aqueous Extracts of Ocimum sanctum L. Leaves in Rats Fed with a High-Cholesterol Diet
Figure 3
Histopathological appearance of myocardial cells (H&E×400). Oval-elongate nucleus centrally and homogeneous cytoplasm (arrows) in normal myocardial cell (a). Multi-focal vacuolar degeneration and necrosis of myocardial cells (arrow-heads) in HC rat (b). Apoptosis of myocardiocytes were also observed (arrow in b). Normal myocardial cell morphology with oval-elongate nucleus centrally and homogeneous cytoplasm (arrows) were shown in myocardiocytes of HC rats treated with aqueous extracts of OS leaves (c).
