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. 2020 Jun 15;9(6):751. doi: 10.3390/plants9060751

Table 5.

Behavior of animals in conditions of the “Porsolt Forced Swim Test”.

Groups of Animals Latent Period of The First “Fading” Active Swimming, s Passive Swimming, s Total Time of Immobility, s Number of Dives
Group I Day 1 of experiment 3.47 ± 0.46 * 190.29 ± 0.17 * 156 ± 0.86 * 13.71 ± 0.10 ** 3.43 ± 0.06 **
Group II 3.23 ± 0.46 * 93.43 ± 0.12 ** 217.71 ± 0.01 ** 48.86 ± 0.11 * 2.43 ± 0.28 **
Group III 3.25 ± 0.39 * 136.14 ± 0.73 * 156.14 ± 0.73 * 67.71 ± 0.23 * 0.14 ± 0.10 *
Control 4.09 157.14 177 25.86 1.86
Intact animals 3.07 98 201 61 1.29
Group I Day 3 of experiment 3.73 ± 0.75 * 99.57 ± 0.11 ** 245.29 ± 0.55 ** 15.14 ± 0.46 ** 0.86
Group II 2.98 ± 0.49 ** 83.29 ± 0.61 ** 226.71 ± 0.17 * 50 ± 0.31 * 0
Group III 3.85 ± 0.61 * 58.71 ± 0.61 * 263.29 ± 0.86 * 38 ± 0.49 * 0
Control 3.4 71.14 263.43 25.43 0.14
Intact animals 2.4 78.86 141.57 107 2.43
Group I Day 5 of experiment 2.89 ± 0.34 * 72.14 ± 0.17 * 215 ± 0.39 * 62.14 ± 0.61 ** 0.57
Group II 3.26 ± 0.60 **/* 45.29 ± 0.02 * 260.14 ± 0.12 * 45 ± 0.34 ** 0.14
Group III 2.22 ± 0.31 * 58.57 ± 0.02 * 215.14 ± 0.39 * 86.29 ± 0.17 * 0.57
Intact animals 3.15 34.14 297 43.14 0

Note: Group I—animals treated with hydroethanolic extract, group II—animals treated with water extract, group III—animals treated with Hypericum tincture, n—number of animals, *—the reliability of deviations in relation to the control group data, **—the reliability of deviations in relation to the reference group data (p ≤ 0.05).