HE staining of liver tissue from different groups (Original magnification, ×200).

<p>A: control group; B: APS group; C: Simvastatin group. Livers of APS and Simvastatin group show mild fatty degeneration. In contrast, livers of control rats showed severe fatty degeneration, extensive hepatocytes hypertrophy, oedema, and vacuolization of the hepatocyte cytoplasm.