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One day after the last treatment, the animals were sacrificed by cervical dislocation carried out under humane conditions and after the animals being anesthetized, the stomachs were removed and the mucosal damage was assessed according to the following: edema (1 point), hyperemia (1 point), petechiae (light, moderate, and intense with 1, 2, and 3 points, resp.), hemorrhagic lesion (3 points), ulcers (not perforated and perforated, 1 point/mm 2 and 2 points/mm 2 , resp.), and thickening of the ulcer (1 point/mm 2 ) [21]

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FIGURE 1 In mammals, ketogenesis primarily occurs in the liver due to the abundant expression of the HMGCS2 in the hepatocytes (Figure 1)

It neutralises free radicals and prevents them from causing cellular damage