Table 4.

Treatmentwith pomegranate extract reduced caspase-3 in intestinal tissue of G. lamblia-infected rats. Number of animals with negative, low, or high levels of caspase-3 are shown including their percentages of total number of animals/group (n = 8). Pomegranate, similar to metronidazole (positive control), significantly increased the number of animals with low levels of caspase-3, and reduced the number of animals with high levels of caspase-3 compared to infected untreated animals; p = 0.001.

Animal Group	Caspase-3 Levels			p-Value
	Negative	Low	High
Uninfected untreated	4 (50%)	3 (37.5%)	1 (12.5%)	0.001
Infected untreated	1 (12.5%)	2 (25%)	5 (62.5%)
Pomegranate treatment	2 (25%)	5 (62.5%)	1 (12.5%)
Metronidazole treatment	1 (12.5%)	5 (62.5%)	2 (25%)