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The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology
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Fig. 3

From: The toxic effect of zinc oxide nanoparticles on the terrestrial slug Lehmannia nyctelia (Gastropoda-Limacidae)

Fig. 3

Photomicrograph of sections through the digestive gland of a untreated slugs showing: connective tissue (CT), digestive cells (DC), thin cells (TC), calcium cells (CC), and lumen (L). b Slugs treated with 0.01 ZnO NPs showing: large lumen (L), shorter cells (SC), and ruptured cells (RC). c Slugs treated with 0.02 ZnO NPs showing: vacuoles(V), ruptured cells (RC), and separated muscle (arrows). d Slugs treated with 0.05 ZnO NPs showing: remains cells (arrows), vacuolated cells (VC), ruptured cells (RC), and space (S)

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