Role of dietary phospholipids and phytosterols in protection against peptic ulceration as shown by experiments on rats

Figure 1 Sections of gastric mucosa obtained from rats following 2 wk on South Indian rice diet plus 4 mg horse gram lipid daily (A) or only on South Indian rice diet (B). A: The photomicrograph shows a thick mucosa with increased mucus in the surface epithelial cells and a thick surface mucous layer; B: The photomicrograph shows thin mucosa with depleted mucus in the surface epithelial cells and the surface mucous layer (PAS staining with HE staining).

Figure 2 Degranulation of mast cells in the rumen of rats 6 h after pyloric ligation plus instillation of 0. 1 mL stored rice bran oil (A); mast cells in the rumen have been protected by adding 4 mg horse gram lipid to the 0.1 mL stored rice bran oil instilled into the stomach (B). The tissue was stained with toluidine blue followed by 50% ethanol to decolourise the background and was examined using dark ground illumination.