Table 2.
Effects of Tualang honey on epithelial vaginal thickness and endometrial uterine thickness after 2 weeks administration
SHAM | OVX | THL (0.2 g/kg) | THM (1.0 g/kg) | THH (2.0 g/kg) | |
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Vaginal epithelium (μm) | 49.72 (6.00)** | 28.9 (7.00) | 50.15 (19.00)** | 43.41 (21.00)* | 38.65 (9.00)** |
Endometrium (μm) | 436.05 (96.00)** | 78.39 (168.00) | 517.35 (125.00)* | 489.09 (90.00) | 506.81 (120.00) |
SHAM = Sham-operated Control rats; OVX = overictomised non-honey treated Control rats
THL = Tualang Honey, low dose; THM = Tualang Honey, medium dose; THH = Tualang Honey, high dose
All values are expressed as the median (IR).
a Kruskal - Wallis test.
*P < 0.05 and **P < 0.01 vs. OVX (Mann-Whitney U - test)