Comparative Antidiabetic Activity of Aqueous, Ethanol, and Methanol Leaf Extracts of Persea americana and Their Effectiveness in Type 2 Diabetic Rats

Figure 7

Effect of P. americana leaf extracts on muscle of type 2 diabetic rats after 28 consecutive days of treatment. Representative muscle tissue section stained with hematoxylin-eosin (×250 or 400). (a) Nondiabetic control (NDC), muscle tissue composed of bundles of normal aspects. (b) Diabetic control (DC), tissue muscle presents cells muscle without abnormal histological with hyperchromatic nuclei (HN). (c) GLIB (10 mg/kg), representative tissue bundles (B) and fibers (f) normal muscle architecture; (d–f) Diabetic rats treated respectively with AE, EE, and ME (100 mg/kg), muscle cell showing no histological abnormality.

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