Table 1.

The mean percentage of normal follicles at different developmental stages in all studied groups

Group	Total follicle	No. normal follicles	No. primordial follicles	No. primary follicles	No. preantral follicles	No. antral follicles	No. corpus luteum
Control (n = 6)	509	508 (99.74 $\pm$ 0.09)	192 (37.79 $\pm$ 1.18)	97 (19.09 $\pm$ 0.88)	124 (24.40 $\pm$ 1.01)	83 (16.33 $\pm$ 0.68)	12 (2.36 $\pm$ 0.37)
A (n = 20)	432	430 (99.53 $\pm$ 0.04)	94 (21.86 $\pm$ 1.06)${}^a$	77 (17.90 $\pm$ 1.12)${}^a$	128 (29.76 $\pm$ 0.67)${}^a$	110 (25.58 $\pm$ 1.27)${}^a$	21 (4.88 $\pm$ 0.39)${}^a$
B (n = 20)	457	455 (99.56 $\pm$ 0.03)	44 (9.67 $\pm$ 1.12)${}^{ab}$	55 (12.08 $\pm$ 1.16)${}^{ab}$	165 (36.26 $\pm$ 1.28)${}^{ab}$	143 (31.42 $\pm$ 0.68)${}^{ab}$	48 (10.54 $\pm$ 3.88)${}^{ab}$
Data presented as n (Mean $\pm$ SD).One-way ANOVA and post-hoc Tukey's tests were used to compare the differences in the follicular count. The percentage of follicles at different developmental stages in all studied groups was calculated according to the normal follicles. Group A: Ovariectomized group, Group B: Bilateral ovariectomized group, ${}^a$Significant differences with the control group (p $<$ 0.049), ${}^b$Significant with a unilaterally ovariectomized group (p $<$ 0.049)