Therapeutic Effects of Rocket Leaves (Eruca sativa) against Hepato-Renal Toxicity Caused by Xylene in Wistar Rats
Rahma Boukarine*, Leila Hamdi and Kamel Khelili
Laboratory of Animal Ecophysiology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University Badji Mokhtar-Annaba, Annaba 23000, Algeria.
Fig. 1.
Effect of Eruca sativa aqueous extract on liver histological structure of rats treated with different concentrations of xylene. (A) Control group, (B) CO group, (C) group treated with Eruca sativa, (D and E) groups exposed to xylene at 400 and 800mg/kg pc respectively, (F and G) groups treated with the combination of xylene and ESAE (H and E stain, × 400). dl, sinusoidal dilatation, hm, hemorrhage, ns, hepatocyte necrosis.
Fig. 2.
Effect of Eruca sativa aqueous extract on kidney histological structure of rats treated with different concentrations of xylene. (A) Control group, (B) CO group, (C) group treated with Eruca sativa, (D and E) groups exposed to xylene at 400 and 800mg/kg pc respectively, (F and G) groups treated with the combination of xylene and ESAE (H and E stain, ×400). Gl, glomerulus, tb, tubule, dl, dilatation, hm, hemorrhage, Gd, glomerular degeneration.