Table 2.

Morphometric and statistical investigation of the tested groups.

Item	Group I *	Group II *	Group III *	Group IV *	Group V *	Group VI *
Area percentage of TNF-α	14.301 ± 3.590 b,c,d	48.562 ± 5.654 a,c,d,e,f	36.804 ± 2.674 a,b,d,e,f	19.008 ± 2.102 a,b,c,e,f	16.741 ± 1.755 b,c,d	15.141± 2.097 b,c,d
The color intensity of TNF-α	10.468 ± 1.746 b,c,d	56.555 ± 4.648 a,c,d,e,f	49.781 ± 2.667 a,b,d,e,f	13.634 ± 2.172 a,b,c,f	12.491 ± 3.164 b,c	10.077 ± 1.548 b,c,d
Area percentage of COX-2	14.468 ± 1.744 b,c,d	48.885 ± 4.942 a,c,d,e,f	35.416 ± 2.972 a,b,d,e,f	17.931 ± 2.49 a,b,c	16.611 ± 2.27 b,c	15.618 ± 1.959 b,c
The color intensity of COX-2	11.623 ± 1.873 b,c,d	46.024 ± 9.21 a, d,e,f	44.313 ± 8.778 a,d,e,f	14.315 ± 1.568 a,b,c,e,f	12.007 ± 2.172 b,c,d	11.777 ± 1.726 b,c,d
Area percentage of NF-κb	10.102 ± 1.359 b,c,d	35.093 ± 2.94 a,c,d,e,f	26.957 ± 4.768 a,b,d,e,f	11.879 ± 0.905 a,b,c,f	11.770 ± 1.137 b,c	9.797 ± 2.204 b,c,d
The color intensity of NF-κb	15.016 ± 3.119 b,c,d	57.511 ± 6.423 a,c,d,e,f	43.3 ± 2.281 a,b,d,e,f	20.808 ± 5.3 a,b,c,f	17.722 ± 3.62 b,c	15.764 ± 3.459 b,c,d
Area percentage of Bcl-2	48.329 ± 4.509 b,c,d	15.460 ± 3.666 a,d,e,f	21.161 ± 4.128 a,b,d,e,f	42.01 ± 4.137 a,b,c,f	45.047 ± 3.435 b,c	45.933 ± 3.992 b,c,d
The color intensity of Bcl-2	46.524 ± 3.213 b,c,d	17.404 ± 4.283 a,d,e,f	25.372 ± 3.233 a,b,d,e,f	42.52 ± 2.448 a,b,c,f	44.091 ± 3.846 b,c	45.465 ± 3.395 b,c,d

* Data are displayed as mean ± SD of the studied group. The letter a denotes significance compared to group I (control); b denotes significance in comparison with group II (diseased); c denotes significance in comparison with group III (diseased, 50 mg/kg FEE); d denotes significance in comparison with group IV (diseased, 100 mg/kg FEE); e denotes significance in comparison with group V (diseased, 150 mg/kg FEE); and f denotes significance in comparison with group VI (150 mg/kg FEE only).