. 2018 Apr 3;11:26. doi: 10.1186/s13048-018-0400-5

Table 2.

Mean ± SEM number of primordial, primary, secondary, tertiary, graffian, cystic, atretic follicle and corpus luteum (5 sections per ovary) in control, PCOS, PCOS + Metformin and PCOS +Quercetin treated adult female rats after 21 days of treatment

Developing follicles (μm)	CONTROL	PCOS	PCOS + METFORMIN	PCOS + QUERCETIN
Primodial	7.80 ± 0.80	7.33 ± 0.38	8.14 ± 0.47	7.85 ± 0.42
Primary	6.80 ± 0.33	5.50 ± 0.20	6.85 ± 0.40 ^b*	6.90 ± 0.31 ^b*
Secondary	2.00 ± 0.89	0.60 ± 0.15 ^a*	2.14 ± 0.24 ^b**	2.00 ± 0.53 ^b*
Tertiary	1.61 ± 0.22	0.16 ± 0.15 ^a***	1.30 ± 0.17 ^b**	1.28 ± 0.17 ^b**
Graffian	1.00 ± 0.63	0.16 ± 0.15	0.71 ± 0.17	0.85 ± 0.13
Cystic Follicle	0 ± 0	11.33 ± 0.45 ^a***	1.57 ± 0.18 ^ab*	1.60 ± 0.20 ^ab*
Atretic Follicle	2.80 ± 0.33	8.00 ± 1.82 ^a***	3.28 ± 0.26 ^b***	3.00 ± 0.20 ^b***
Corpus Luteum	3.60 ± 0.35	1.66 ± 0.20 ^a***	3.57 ± 0.18 ^b***	3.43 ± 0.18 ^b***

Values are expressed as Mean ± SEM.*, **, *** indicate significance from the control group at P < 0.001, 0.01 and 0.05 probability level

^aValue vs control, ^bValue vs PCOS