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International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Fig. 1 | Clinical Phytoscience

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From: A comparative study on the Antihyperlipidemic and antibacterial potency of the shoot and flower extracts of Melastoma malabathricum Linn's

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The Potentiality of Melastoma malabathricum extracts to protect the liver in HCD mice. a Normal group: Demonstrated no fat accumulation and hepatocytes enlargement (gray arrow). b Hyperlipidemic control: Exhibited prominently amassed micro fatty layers (yellow allow), enlarged hepatocytes (gray arrow), and cellular damaging (blue arrow) surrounding the central vein (CV) (green arrow) but also noticed the presence of inflammatory cells in the CV (red arrow). c MFA-500 mg/kg: Deposition of fat droplets among the intercellular space (yellow arrow), inflammatory cells infiltration (red allow), and,  a little bit larger hepatocytes were also observed (gray arrow). d MSE-250 mg/kg: Fat granules hoarded among the intercellular space (yellow arrow) and hepatocyte enlargement (gray arrow) also occurred around CV. e MSE-500 mg/kg: Cellular infrastructure was almost the same as a normal control group, with no fat globules or fatty layer found in the liver. f ATOVAT-20 mg/kg: Seemingly no sign of deposited fats but a bit of cellular deformation (blue arrow) observed like as group D. (Pictures magnification 20X)

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