Ginkgo biloba extract reverses CCl4–induced liver fibrosis in rats

Figure 1 Histology of liver of normal rats (N) and rats treated with CCl₄ for 8 weeks (C) and then treated with saline (Z) or GbE (E) for 4 weeks. The samples were stained with HE (1), Masson (2), Reticulum staining (3) and immunohistochemistry of αSMA (4). (1)-(3) 100 × , (4) 200 × .

Figure 2 RT-PCR. M, 2 000 bp DNA marker, A. β-actin (556 bp), B. TIMP-1 (218 bp), C. MMP-1 (365 bp).