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From: The prophylactic anti-aging effect of aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) on oxidative stress-induced damage in the buccal mucosa of D-galactose-induced aged rats

Fig. 3

A photomicrograph of the buccal mucosa. a & d: control group, b & e: aging model group, c & f: aspirin group. (k) keratin layer, (Ep) epithelium, (Lp) lamina propria, (Sm) submucosa, (b) basal cell layer, (p) prickle cell layer, (g) granular cell layer, (pa) papillary layer, (r) reticular layer, white arrows: keratohyaline granules, brown arrows: vacuoles, black arrows: inflammatory cells, asterisk: connective tissue fibers [H&E, a-c: ×100 & d-f: ×400].

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