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. 2021 Jun 7;4:145–154. doi: 10.1016/j.crphys.2021.06.001

Table 5.

Effect of maternal administration of dexamethasone and Allium cepa during lactation on body weight in the female offspring of Wistar rats.

AT BIRTH PNW4 PNW 8 PNW12
Control 5.51 ​± ​0.28 43.72 ​± ​2.92 107.2 ​± ​2.78 129.8 ​± ​4.12
A.ceparowhead 5.61 ​± ​0.37rowhead 43.22 ​± ​3.18 87.2 ​± ​2.154 126.4 ​± ​2.62
DEX 5.57 ​± ​0.30 23.23 ​± ​1.02a 81.4 ​± ​5.15a,b 122.0 ​± ​0.95
DEX ​+ ​A. cepa 5.77 ​± ​0.22 29.87 ​± ​3.144a 90.4 ​± ​6.79a,b 132.4 ​± ​4.13

Data represent mean ​± ​SEM. n ​= ​5. ap<0.05 when compared with the control group. bp ​< ​0.05 when compared with the Allium cepa treated group. PNW: post natal week; Analysis was based on one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Turkey post hoc test.