Mechanistic Research into the Effects of the Jianpi Xiaozhi Formula on Liver Injury in Diabetic Rats

Figure 1

Haematoxylin-eosin (HE) analysis of the rat liver: normal control (NC) group: healthy untreated rats; diabetes mellitus (DM) group: rat models of DM; DM + JL group: diabetic rats treated with low-dosage Jianpi Xiaozhi Formula (JPXZF) (4.5 g/kg/d); DM + JM group: diabetic rats treated with an intermediate JPXZF dosage (9 g/kg/d); DM + JH group: diabetic rats treated with high-dosage JPXZF (18 g/kg/d); DM + PBA group: diabetic rats treated with 4-phenylbutyric acid (PBA; 2.5 mg/kg/d).