Table 3.
The percentage values of the parameters analyzed between xylene and cedarwood oil processing for muscle and with its respective P values (Kruskal-Wallis P<0.05=statistically significant)
| Tissue | Parameters | Types of processing | Weak (%) | Intense (%) | Good (%) | Excellent (%) | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muscle | Cytoplasmic | Xylene processing | 20 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0.042* |
| staining | CO processing | 0 | 40 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Nuclear staining | Xylene processing | 0 | 80 | 20 | 0 | 0.015* | |
| CO processing | 0 | 80 | 20 | 0 | |||
| Background staining | Nil (%) | Mild (%) | Moderate (%) | Severe (%) | 0.439 | ||
| Xylene processing | 20 | 40 | 40 | 0 | |||
| CO processing | 40 | 40 | 20 | 0 | |||
| Artifacts | Present (%) | Absent (%) | 1.00 | ||||
| Xylene processing | 100 | 0 | |||||
| CO processing | 80 | 20 | |||||
P value <0.05, CO: Cedarwood oil