The Effectiveness of Various Salacca Vinegars as Therapeutic Agent for Management of Hyperglycemia and Dyslipidemia on Diabetic Rats

Figure 1

Histopathology of Langerhans islets of β pancreas cells (400x magnifications). P0 = normal rats without STZ induction; P1 = STZ-induced diabetic rats with no salacca vinegar treatment; P3 = STZ-induced diabetic rats treated with Swaru salacca vinegar; P4 = STZ-induced diabetic rats treated with Gula Pasir salacca vinegar; P5 = STZ-induced diabetic rats treated with Madu salacca vinegar; and P6 = STZ-induced diabetic rats treated with Madura salacca vinegar. PL = Langerhans islets, EKS = exocrine glands, black arrow = normal cells, green arrow = empty room due to necrosis, yellow arrow = loss of nucleus, and red arrow = endocrine cells which started doing regeneration toward their normal configuration.