Antioxidation Effect of Simvastatin in Aorta and Hippocampus: A Rabbit Model Fed High-Cholesterol Diet

Figure 2

Representative immunohistochemical staining (100x) analysis of rabbit tissues exposed to specific anti-HO-1. (a) Weak staining on the sections of hippocampus from control rabbit. (b) A fewer brown particles in HCD rabbit sections. (c) More brown particles scattered and strong positive staining was observed in the Simvastatin treatment group. (d) HO-1 positive area (%) shown; data are expressed as mean ± SD (), and there was no significant difference in staining degree between each group.

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