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Figure 3

From: Aqueous extract of Piper sarmentosum decreases atherosclerotic lesions in high cholesterolemic experimental rabbits

Figure 3

Transmission electron photograph from a lesion in the luminal abdominal aorta: (a) In control group there was no intimal thickening(IE) (Bar = 5000 nm), (B) CH group rabbit, there is marked irregularity of the surface caused by the presence of cells containing many (L) lipid filled vacuoles,(Mc) monoclonal cells were also seen on the endothelial surface, (Bar = 2000 nm) (c) treatment with P.s, there was less intimal thickening and only one cell containing lipid compared to CH group (Bar = 5000 nm).

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