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International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Fig. 8 | Clinical Phytoscience

Fig. 8

From: Toxicological evaluation of the dried hydroethanolic extract of Amaranthus spinosus L. roots in Artemia salina larvae and Sprague Dawley rats

Fig. 8

Histological section of the liver, spleen and kidneys of male rats. A. spinosus root extract was administered orally for 28 consecutive days. The autopsy was carried out on day 29 of the end of treatment. L-, S- and K-C = liver, spleen and kidney of control groups having received distilled water. L-, S-, K-AS 500 and 1000 = liver, spleen and kidney of test groups having received the extract of A. spinosus root at doses of 500 and 1000 mg/kg/day, respectively. Hematoxylin-eosin stain x100

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