Prolonged Diuretic and Renoprotective Effects of a Xanthone Obtained from Garcinia achachairu Rusby in Normotensive and Hypertensive Rats

Figure 3

Representative images of renal tissue morphology stained by hematoxylin and eosin (H&E). (a) Normotensive rats and (b) spontaneously hypertensive rats. The blue and red arrows indicate Bowman’s capsule region and the renal glomerulus, respectively. VEH,  vehicle (water plus 1% tween). HCTZ, hydrochlorothiazide, and TDP, 1,5,8-trihydroxy-4′,5′-dimethyl-2H-pyrano(2, 3 : 3, 2)-4-(3-methylbut-2-enyl) xanthone.

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