Fig. 1.

The effect of vehicle, garlic essential oil and chives essential oil on exploration time and discrimination index of familiar vs. novel objects in the novel object recognition test in mice (n = 10 per group; *p < 0.05 vs. familiar object on exploration time or vs. vehicle-treated group in discrimination index). Data for exploration time for each object (one object was replaced by a new one on the testing day) are presented as a percentage of total exploration time. All data are shown as mean exploration time ± SEM