Schisandrae Fructus Supplementation Ameliorates Sciatic Neurectomy-Induced Muscle Atrophy in Mice

Figure 6

Representative gastrocnemius muscle histology in samples taken from sham mice or mice with NTX-induced muscle atrophy. Samples from gastrocnemius muscles were separated and fixed in 10% neutral buffered formalin, then embedded in paraffin, sectioned, and stained with H&E for general histopathology or Sirius red for collagen fiber, and after that the histopathological profiles of each sample were observed under light microscope ((a) intact vehicle control mice; (b) NTX control mice; (c) 50 mg/kg oxymetholone-treated mice; (d) 500 mg/kg EESF orally treated mice; (e) 250 mg/kg EESF mg/kg orally treated mice; (f) 125 mg/kg EESF orally treated mice; scale bars = 40 m).

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