Fig. 1

Liver histology of the female rats fed diets containing 20 % casein in the absence (a) or presence (b) of supplemental ISF (50 mg/kg diet) or increasing amounts of alcohol-washed SPI, 5 % (c), 10 % (d) or 20 % (e) for 90 days. Hematoxylin and eosin staining shows accumulation of intracellular lipid droplets, original magnification ×100 and the total areas of hepatic lipid droplets (f) were measured. The images shown are representatives of 4 replicates of each