Table 1.

Experimental design.

Treatment-Groups	Treatments-Duration
	Day 1-7	Day 8-14
I (CTRL)	-	Control; distilled water
II (MTX)	-	0.2 mg/kg bw MTX
III (MTX + GA) (pre-treated)	20 mg/kg bw GA	0.2 mg/kg bw MTX
IV (MTX + GA) (co-treated)	-	0.2 mg/kg bw MTX + 20 mg/kg bw GA
V GA	-	20 mg/kg bw GA

CTRL, control; MTX, methotrexate; GA, gallic acid.