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Table 3.

Effects of MSG and Aqueous extracts of microalgae on ovarian follicles.

Treatment	Primary follicle	Secondary follicle	Tertiary follicle	Graffian follicle	Atretic follicle	Corpus luteum
Control	21.86 ± 1.62^ab	8.00 ± 0.78^a	4.43 ± 0.36^a	2.86 ± 0.34^a	20.71 ± 0.36^b	7.71 ± 0.47^a
CV	15.29 ± 1.47^c	6.29 ± 0.83^ab	4.57 ± 0.75^a	2.57 ± 0.48^a	23.43 ± 0.48^ab	4.29 ± 0.91^bc
SP	16.43 ± 0.86^bc	4.71 ± 0.83^b	3.71 ± 0.60^ab	2.71 ± 0.52^a	21.86 ± 0.51^b	3.86 ± 0.34^bc
MSG	19.43 ± 2.10^bc	6.86 ± 1.33^ab	2.43 ± 0.57^b	1.86 ± 1.22^a	25.57 ± 1.64^a	2.57 ± 0.48^c
MSG + Clomiphene citrate	24.14 ± 2.88^a	6.71 ± 0.86^ab	3.14 ± 0.34^ab	2.57 ± 0.36^a	15.00 ± 1.54^c	3.71 ± 0.47^bc
MSG + CV	23.29 ± 2.90^a	7.29 ± 1.12^ab	3.43 ± 0.68^ab	2.14 ± 0.34^a	21.57 ± 0.36^b	5.00 ± 0.72^b
MSG + SP	23.14 ± 1.85^a	5.86 ± .73^ab	2.86 ± 0.26^ab	1.86 ± 0.34^a	21.14 ± 1.28^b	3.29 ± 0.60^bc

Data are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation (SE). Different superscripts within the same column designate significant differences (p ≤ 0.05).