The Effect of Ginger on The Histopatholoical Lesions Of Salmonella Typhimurium in Mice Liver in Comparison with Cephalexin

Shinashal, R.Z.; Abd Al. Abdalmajeed, S.; AL- Sultan, R.K.

doi:10.32894/kujss.2012.44550

The Effect of Ginger on The Histopatholoical Lesions Of Salmonella Typhimurium in Mice Liver in Comparison with Cephalexin

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10.32894/kujss.2012.44550

Abstract

The present study carried out to investigate the effect of Ginger in comparison with Cephalexin on the histopathological lesions of liver mice occurred after induction of Salmonella typhimurium orally at a concentration of (1 × 104 cfu/ml), then (7) days the extreme susceptibility of liver at female mice to the infection. Histopathological examination of liver revealed severe infiltration of inflammatory cells and massive tissue necrosis, involved in this study were 15 mice that were divided into 5 groups, 3 mice in each group (A, B, C, D and E). Those in group A, B, C, and D, constituted the test groups whereas group E served as the control for 7 days, test group A abandoned without any treatment, but group B was fed with ginger per day , also group C inoculated with cephalexin per day, otherwise the group D was inoculated with normal saline per day, group E served as the control per day, the histopathological observations show that difference between them .

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