Table 3.

Effect of L-arginine (LA) and L-carnitine (LC) on serum corticosterone and cortical dopamine levels in fipronil (FPN)-treated male rats.

	Control	LA	LC	FPN	FPN + LA	FPN + LC	p Value
Corticosterone (pg/mL)	98.83 a ± 2.51	96.52 a ± 1.98	101.78 a ± 2.39	141.31 b ± 4.41	116.12 c ± 6.25	112.65 ac ± 2.79	FPN × control, LA, LC *** FPN × FPN + LA, FPN + LC * FPN + LA × control, LA *
Dopamine (ng/g tissue)	29.39 a ± 0.87	31.76 a ± 0.75	32.02 a ± 0.89	13.54 b ± 2.12	20.73 c ± 2.03	21.00 c ± 1.83	FPN × control, LA, LC *** LA, LC × FPN + LA, FPN + LC *** FPN × FPN + LA, FPN + LC *

Data was expressed as mean ± SE. The different superscripts were significantly differed within the same row. Symbols *, *** indicates significant p value < 0.05 and 0.001, respectively.