Protective Role of Dietary Curcumin in the Prevention of the Oxidative Stress Induced by Chronic Alcohol with respect to Hepatic Injury and Antiatherogenic Markers

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Histopathology of rat liver specimens and lipid deposits in the study groups. Cryosections of tissues were prepared as described in Section 2. Sections were stained with oil red O and counterstained with hematoxylin. (a) Representative 20x photomicrograph from the various groups. (b) Quantification of oil droplets in oil red O stained sections as determined by the Image-Pro Plus version 6.1 method. The data are expressed as average oil red O percentage area of lipid staining. Values are means ± SEM. Statistical significance of variance was calculated using t-test with Bonferroni correction; compared to all groups except HFOEC group; compared to HFOE group.

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