Protective Effects of Galium verum L. Extract against Cardiac Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

Figure 6

Histopathological changes in the myocardium following reperfusion (magnification, ×200). Control group: hypertrophy of the cardiac muscle fibers, edema, necrosis, and zonal necrosis of higher number of cardiomyocytes, with hypereosinophilia, fragmentation of the fibers, and loss of nucleus. G. verum group: hypertrophy of the cardiac muscle fibers, edema, necrosis, focal necrosis of lower number of cardiomyocytes or unicellular, and less prominent degenerative changes.

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