Four-Week Consumption of Malaysian Honey Reduces Excess Weight Gain and Improves Obesity-Related Parameters in High Fat Diet Induced Obese Rats

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Photomicrographs of rat’s liver histology (HE staining 200) fed with high fat diet for four weeks prior to treatment with Gelam honey, Acacia honey, or orlistat, respectively, for another four weeks. (a) Control (NC); (b) high fat diet (HFD); (c) high fat diet with Gelam honey (HFDGH); (d) high fat diet with Acacia honey (HFDAH); and (e) high fat diet with orlistat (HFDO). Bold arrow: portal vein, normal arrow: central vein, arrow head: sinusoid, dotted arrow: hepatocytes, and dashed arrow: ballooned hepatocytes.

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