Epidemiological and histopathological study of relevance of Guizhou Maotai liquor and liver diseases

Figure 1 Normal liver tissue, hepatic cords were well arranged, the structure of hepatic lobule were intact. (HE. × 200)

Figure 2 After fed with alcohol for 8 weeks, disoraganized hepatic cords, fatty infiltration, mesenchymal hyperplasia, and fibrosis could be seen. (HE. × 200)

Figure 3 After fed with alcohol for 12 weeks, there were fatty infiltration of hepatocytes, hyperplasia of connective tissue, and early manifestation of cirrhosis. (HE. × 200)

Figure 4 After fed with Maotai liquor for 8 weeks, there were a few infiltrating inflammatory cells, normally arranged hepatic cords, liver sinusoids were dilatated and lipid droplet could be seen in hepatocytes. (HE. × 200)

Figure 5 After fed with alcohol for 12 weeks, brown changes and lipid droplet could be obviously seen in hepatocytes. (HE. × 200) p