Leaf ethanolic extract of Etlingera hemesphaerica Blume mitigates defects in fetal anatomy and endochondral ossification due to mercuric chloride during the post-implantation period in Mus musculus
Fig 5
A sample of stained fetal bone with Alizarin Red S and Alcian Blue (the size of these images is disproportionate).
The dorsal stained fetal bones of four groups of experimental animals were observed to determine the number of ossified skulls, vertebrae, and ribs on gestation day (GD)18. The index of length of ossified part (ILOP, growth in length) and index of width of ossified part (IWOP, growth in diameter) of humerus and femur in morphologically normal living fetuses (MNLF) of M. musculus on GD18 were determined according to Fig 2.