Plate 6: Electron micrographs of a distal convoluted tubule (DCT). A: Control group showing lining cells with oval nuclei (N) and few short apical microvilli (arrow). Many elongated basal mitochondria (curved arrow) are seen inbetween basal infoldings (double arrows). Small vacuoles (v) were found in the cytoplasm. B: Triclosan treated group showing cells with areas of rarified cytoplasm (asterisk), many mitochondria (curved arrow), and some of them have swollen disrupted cristae (crossed arrow head). Some cells show nuclei with multiple peripheral patches of heterochromatin (N) while others have deeply indented nuclear envelope (n). Apical displacements of all nuclei are also noticed. C: Triclosan-ellagic acid treated group showing many euchromatic nuclei (N), few short apical microvilli (arrow), and elongated mitochondria (curved arrow) in-between basal infoldings (double arrow). ( A , C : scale bar 2 μm & B,: 1 μm).